Regarding the new CD swap can anyone recommend an MP3 tag stripper that works for an Apple Mac. I’ve tried doing it in iTunes and with “Tag Stripper” and “Tag Editor” but with no luck.
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AFTERWORD CD SWAP
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mp3tag is the king of tag editors. It is freeware written for Windows and needs a plugin for Apple, I think. See mp3tag.de
Must admit I’ve just imported each track into Audacity, stripped out the tags, and then renamed them as, say, Track 1, Album = Cold, Track no = 1. Only took about half an hour all told, and also allowed me to adjust track volumes.
Can’t help you. I’m going straight from gramophone to reel to reel.
Blank wax cylinders are getting very hard to source, lately..
And even then you get your beard caught in them, or they fall out of the saddlebag of your penny-farthing.
Gharrrrstly.
mp3tag seconded.
It worked for me, and I’m a cack-handed luddite
…and another vote for mp3tag -brilliant little programme, use it a lot (so much so that I even donated to its author, which is unusual for me)
Thanks for the replies.
Maybe I’ll just stick a piece of paper over the track titles – oh hold on . . .
You could warn your partners if all else fails to stick it in an audio player rather than computer for the blind listens …don’t want it to be a barrier.
I first read that as having to warn Mrs. T when we play them.
But unless it has already been in the listeners computer, unlikely, or in a Gracenotes or equivalent database, won’t it come up as unknown CD, asking if you still want to download it?
Depends what software you burn the CD with. Many add artist & track names as “CD text”.
The CD player in my newish VW Golf can read CD text, which it displays on a dashboard LCD panel. It’s like flying the space shuttle. What ever happened to spending Sunday mornings setting the tappets?
Yes, and I’ve had domestic hifi CD players that display text too.
The method I used was to mess around with the playlist on iTunes until I was happy with it, then used Audacity to edit the mp3 files, saving them as Track 1 etc into a new folder whilst adjusting volumes (I used the highest bitrate). Then I reimported the new folder into iTunes with no tags (just track name, album title ‘Cold’, track position). Then I burnt a test CD-RW from iTunes to make sure all sounded OK on a CD player….didn’t take long at all.
You’re making Afterworders listen to mp3s?
You monster! Their poor delicate ears!
This is basically what I did, although I used Garageband instead of iTunes. I have a horrible feeling this might not have got rid of any embedded artwork, however, which might show up if the disc goes in a computer. Drat.
I think that the erasing of any track id and album info should prevent that…?
If you’re using iTunes to burn the disc, when you select ‘Burn playlist to disc’ there is an option to ‘include CD text’ if this is unchecked the track names won’t appear when the disc is played in a different player – always a good idea to check first however, stick it in your car to check.
Just listen in the dark with your eyes shut, a joss-stick your only companion. As ever is.