Basic CD Formats

There are a number of different formats for the contents of a CD disc. For example, audio CDs, CD-ROMS, and CD-I. These are all slightly different.

The audio CD specification is called Red Book. It is this standard to which WaveLab Elements conforms.

Note

Red Book CD is not a real file format. All the audio on the CD is saved in one big file. This is different from hard disks, for example, where each file is saved separately. Keep in mind that all the audio is in fact one long stream of digital data.