Easy CD Creator
4 Deluxe
Why Easy CD Creator
4 Deluxe is still the most complete CD-writing package around
Note-27.12.2004: The latest version is
Easy
Media Creator 7
Adaptec's Easy CD Creator leads the pack of CDR-software for the
PC since the beginning of CD-burning. The Deluxe version contains a lot
of additional applications that let it complete almost any task you possibly
could imagine. That makes it the most complete package around.
The interface of the main application looks much like the Windows Explorer.
Choose the drive and directory of the source files and drag and drop the
files into the window below. Click a button and recording begins. Easy
as pie.
Another additional program, Take Two, can back up your PC's hard
or other drives to any other drive. But since it only can make an image
backup of your entire hard drive, not individual files or folders, I consider
it a not very convenient and flexible tool. At least the restore process
is better with the ability to choose individual files to restore.
An additional application for automating the process of audio recording
from a tape, DAT or LP is Spin Doctor. It accesses CDDB Database
for adding disc and songtitles, remove pops, clicks, and hisses from tapes
and automatically separates tracks.
Adaptec's packet-writing application, DirectCD, can write files
to a formatted CD-RW, as you would to a hard disk (You should only use
pre-formatted CDR's, as the formatting process can take as long as 90 minutes).
I would recommend this program for those people, that need all the different
standard functions from all methods to burn in one package. If you are
a Audio specialist, Mp3 Ripper, or Copy-maniac, you're probably better
off with applications specialized for those tasks.
Plus:
- The most complete recording package around
- Easy to use main application
- Read-After-Write Verification
- Handles almost any task
- BurnPROOF support
Minus:
- Too many different applications in this package to be easy to learn
and use.
Manufacturers Homepage: Roxio
Platform: PC (Windows XP, 95/98, ME,
2000, NT)