Adaptec's Easy CD Creator Deluxe

Emedia Professional, Jan, 1998 by Robert A. Starrett

Overall, Easy CD Creator Deluxe is as stable and as full-featured a software suite as any user could want for CD recording. The program is easy to use, whether whizzing through the Wizards or just dragging and dropping files for recording. Recorder support is excellent, and includes such rare birds as the Taiyo Yuden BW 50 and older recorders like the Sony CDW 900E and the Philips 521/522 and Kodak 225. Between Easy CD Creator itself and the various role players in its surrounding software suite-CD Copier, PCD Creator, VCD Creator, and Spin Doctor-users can easily accomplish almost any recording task, even making Bootable CDs if they desire. Since user needs and expectations for CD recording software differ, Easy CD Creator can't be unequivocally anointed the "best" CD recording software available, but at a $99 suggested retail price, it is certainly the best value in Windows recording software available today.

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Synopsis: Easy CD Creator, the long awaited "combination" Of CD Creator and Easy CD Pno, stands out not just with its features and recorder support, but also because of its top-notch suite Of application-specific software programs, including CD copier, Video CD Creator, Picture CD Creator, and Spin Doctor. Audiophiles might purchase the program for Spin Doctor alone. This software suite can produce almost any type Of CD, including Video CD, bootable CD, and CD Extra. The easy-to-use interface, excellent manual, online help and Wizards combine to make CD creation easy for the beginner, while the program retains the advanced features that users have come to expect from Adaptec recording software.

Price: $99 (purchase or upgrade)

System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, supported CD recorder: optional: sound card (16-bit or better) and analog source (LP, cassette, 8-track, or CD)

For more information, contact: Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard. Milpitas, CA 95035; 800/934-2766, 800/442-7274, 408/957-4546; Fax 408/957-6666 http://www.adaptec.com; CIRCLE NUMBER 450

Robert A. Starrett is a contributing editor for EMedia Professional, co-columnist for the CD-R Writer, and an independent consultant based in Denver, Colorado. He is the co author of CD-ROM Professional's CD-Recordable Handbook.

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