Just realised that I need to rip some CDs to my hard drive to extract some samples to . wav files. I'm running Win 10 on a 64 bit PC. Can anyone suggest an app that just does that, with little or no frills, just a basic ripper that wont interfere with anything on my studio PC.
TIA

 

There's EZ CD Audio Converter. That might be what you're looking for.

 

Dbpoweramp 17.1+
Ez cd audio converter 9.1+
Freac 1.1.2+
Exact audio copy
And many more other rippers with bit perfect accurate extraction algos.

 

I just use Windows media player.

 

My OCD requires me not to use Wineows media player...lol

 

Exact Audio Copy

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  • It is free (for non-commercial purposes)
  • It works with a technology, which reads audio CDs almost perfectly. If there are any errors that can’t be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could easily control it with e.g. the media player

With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip.
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/

 

CDEx has always served me well.

 

Remember to rip any cd in mp3 128k, no one will notice the difference

 

EAC is great but it requires a lot of work to set up, but If you need a perfect, error-free rip it is hands down the best. Someone else mentioned CDex and from what I remember it's pretty straightforward right out of the box.

 

Last edited: Sep 21, 2020

Just ask anybody on the internet.

 

CDex or the good old AudioGrabber

 

That 'lot of work' is required for initial EAC setup only. It is valid until you change your CD drive with a different model.

 

Isn't 96 kbps even better? It's the basic YouTube standard, and no one seems to object.

 

I usually prefer to work with .wav files, not MP3's, but thanks for all your advice.

 

I only consider CUERipper and CDex. Both 100% free and clean.

 

AudioGrabber rips to wav and optionally mp3. It seems to me that also CDex has the same feature.

 

Except your dog.

 

What i always used as well

 

And with a 5Khz low-pass filter before

 

Yeah, high frequencies are overrated. Furthermore, all the music is now composed with the 808 trap bass in it: everything above 5khz is useless