I got a new #CD (17-track two-CD set) today. Album released in October 2025 to some formats but the CDs only came out this month. I pre-ordered in November so I've been waiting awhile.
Album is Syndicate by The Midnight.

I use #Asunder to rip CDs to #FLAC files on my PC, and I listen immediately after ripping to make sure the files are good. I generate sha256 hashes to keep with the flacs.

I've been playing on repeat. I love it.

#TheMidnight #Music #PhysicalMedia #CDripping #CDs

After ripping a new #CD the other day to #FLAC, I decided to rip some of my older #CDs as .flac, particularly some I've had since the '90s and early 2000s.

These albums have seen a lot of use, so I I need to listen closely to be sure there aren't errors due to scratches. Sometimes I hear odd little sounds that I don't recall, so I'm comparing them to my 192kbps mp3s (ripped circa 2006) and YouTube to determine if the sounds I"m hearing are part of the recording.

#CDripping #Asunder #Music

Not done this in a while

#CD #Music #CDRipping #EAC

tired of dealing with all the streaming service bullshit and the cloud service bullshit and the backups of backups of backups bullshit when it comes to our family's music collection

so today ive embarked on a journey

i will be re-ripping all of our CDs onto my old Mac Mini running iTunes 7 with no accounts connected, and importing them all as AACs, 320 KB/s 44,100 kHz. i wouldve done FLACs but iTunes doesnt support playback of em AFAICT, and this way im at least saving some more disk space. iTunes will handle the metadata for the songs via gracenote stuff, but it doesnt catch the album artwork. so to remedy that, at the same time while theyre ripping, im using xsane on my other linux compy to actually scan the physical album artwork for each CD and save those as higher quality images with decently(?) good compression and/or dithering if it doesn't look too bad (on a per-album basis). once ive done it all, i will transfer the scans over to the Mac and apply them to each album, checking song metadata while im at it to make sure it didnt get all messed up.

it sounds like a mess, but its actually very straightforward. put the cd in, automatically add to library. take sleeve and put it in the scanner, crop it. move onto next album. the only time i'll be doing the whole swap-usb-sticks-over dance will be at the end

i dont need to reminisce on a past where we used to do all this stuff. the next best time to realize my dreams is right now. and hey, maybe that goes for you too!

#physicalmedia #thejourneybegins #itunes #cdripping

Very important life decision: should I back up my two GG Allin albums?

#backups #music #cdripping