App that can clone audio CDs

[Vlad Soare]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend an app that can clone an audio CD?
I know there are several applications which can burn audio files onto a CD, including Apple's own Music app. But I'm not interested in merely creating a similar CD that contains the same tracks. I want to make an absolutely perfect clone, bit for bit.
There were lots of options back in the days when the CD was king, but nowadays I can't seem to find one to save my life. Not for macOS, anyway.

Any suggestions? It doesn't have to be free.

Thank you.

 

[kitKAC]

XLD, you can use it to rip a disc to CUE+WAV and XLD can check with AccurateRip to ensure the disc was ripped correctly.

 

[Vlad Soare]

I'm not afraid that the disc may not get ripped correctly. I'm sure it will. My problem is, burning those files back onto a new CD will not result in a perfectly identical copy of the original disc. The gaps between the tracks will be different.
That's why I'm searching for an app that can clone CDs, not merely rip them.

 

[kitKAC]

Disk Utility then.

 

[arw]

I haven't burned a CD in ages but have you actually tried XLD with the settings @kitKAC recommended (CUE+WAV) or be it FLAC or ALAC?
I can't confirm it actually does what you seek but XLD offers pregap detection that is enabled by default (meaning unticked):

 

[Vlad Soare]

Disk Utility then.

The Disk Utility doesn't handle audio CDs (i.e. CD-DA). Only data discs.

 

[godorowski]

You can clone perfectly discs to iso using terminal command:

sudo dd if=/dev/diskN of=~/Desktop/filename.iso bs=1m

Then just burn this iso to disc using whatever app you like.

First find the disc number using diskutil list and then just unmount it using diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN

After this use first command I wrote and in a few moments you will find your iso file on desktop.



Replace diskN in all commands above with the actual disk number you found using diskutil list.

 

[Vlad Soare]

That looks like a neat idea. I'll give it a try. Thanks!

 

[Fishrrman]

Don't have a CD/DVD drive connected at the moment, but I'm thinking that Toast could do this, as well...

 

[godorowski]

Learning dd command is better because dd is on every unix/linux system and it can backup to iso... mostly anything.
HDD/SSD? No problem. USB Drive? No problem. SD Card? No problem. CD? Guess what.. no problem

 

[Dave Braine]

You could try Burn. It has a copy function

Burn - Home

burn-osx.sourceforge.io

 

[Vlad Soare]

You could try Burn. It has a copy function

Burn - Home

burn-osx.sourceforge.io

Thank you. That seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
I will try it out.

 

[Turnpike]

Not sure if you found the perfect solution, and I realize you were just looking for software, but 15++ years ago I used to have a CD duplicator for copying CD's with video files on them, and then later they came out with ones that also did DVD's, and if you do it on any kind of regular basis, it's the most fool proof, fast, and exact clone way that I know of. If you put "Copystars Double DVD and CD Duplicator" in Ebay, you can find new ones for $50-$65 and you don't even need a computer. The part I liked about them is that it was always foolproof, fast, and no software, it just cloned. I'd still have mine on my desk if it didn't go missing when I moved offices 5 or so years ago. Just an option, maybe you know of them already, thought I'd mention it.