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Dec 23 - Jan 6, 2001 |
Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum
Creating your own CDs never simpler
By Alessandro Cancian
Originally Published: 2001-09-30
It may seem absurd, yet I was so plunged into exploring the new features of Easy CD Creator 5, the new CD burner software from Roxio, that had coffee actually poured from my screen I would hardly have been surprised.
Digital music and the hype surrounding Napster have certainly contributed to the increased demand for CD-burning software of recent years. Most computers in stores at the present moment are already equipped with a drive capable of not only reading, but recording CDs as well. Such devices are currently considered practically a standard feature of any configuration available on the market. They are divided in CD-R (Recordable), capable of a single recording; and CD-RW (ReWritable), capable of rewriting a single CD several times. Often, they are offered together with a basic burning software, but if one wants to explore all options available, the purchase of a pro-package is advised.
Roxio's (a spin-off of Adaptec) Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum for Windows PC is one of the possible options. To define it as merely CD burning software seems almost unfair when one thinks of the infinite amount of options offered by the software. The package consists of several applications each presenting distinct characteristics and all linked by a single graphic interface. Maybe the best starting point for an introduction to the software is the SoundStream feature, which is an easy way to make CDs from MP3 files, analogue sources, other CDs and more. Those who wish to create something more sophisticated should look to Easy CD Creator, which is probably the most important application within the software package. It offers advanced features such as transition effects useful for creating professional-sounding music CDs, and is also capable of producing data CDs for sharing or archiving purposes.
Another application is Direct CD, which allows one to write a CD by moving files in the same manner in which data is stored and saved onto a floppy disk. Direct CD will format the disk selected for recording data and once this task has been completed it will be possible to save files from any program onto the disk.
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