CD Ripping software for Mac

[qirex]

It appears that Apple has removed the "Join CD tracks" functionality from recent versions of Apple Music. As someone who collects DJ mixes on CD this is kinds of a big deal. I could probably figure out how to take ripped tracks and merge them in Audacity but I'd prefer something simpler. Ideally I'd like a solution that:

• Gets metadata, but I can easily edit it at a track and album level
• I can add artwork (most of the stuff I buy on CD isn't popular enough for auto tools to work)
• I'd like to able to choose if I want grouped tracks or not when ripping
• Can rip to ALAC
• Can make a cue sheet

Currently using an old Apple Superdrive. I briefly looked at XLD but that was a bit too command-line-ey for me. If that's the best option I'll puzzle it out. Doesn't have to be free but I don't buy a ton of discs so a monthly subscription would be silly.

 

[Redacted]

I don't know of a handy gui-based tool, but I use the amazing "ffmpeg" in dozens of scripts to do various jobs on audio and video files. I'm happy to experiment, but that does not suit everyone!

I have not tried concatenating files, but I reckon it can be done with the "concat" filter.

Here is a command line for ffmpeg that looks promising, and at the bottom of that page is a link that explains cross-fade parameters (and should work for FLAC/ALAC too).
https://creatomate.com/blog/how-to-join-multiple-audio-clips-into-one-using-ffmpeg

It's possible that you can simplify by ignoring the cross-fade stuff if that cannot give you what you need, by making a single file and then doing a bit of Audacity (which you know, but are not keen on) to remove the gaps with "truncate silence" but it may need fiddling with.

 

[ATB]

dbpoweramp's CD Ripper and Audio Converter are a popular paid option. If you need additional tagging Mp3Tag has a paid Mac version (Windows version is free). Note the Mac version is missing some features of the Windows version.

 

[qirex]

It's possible that you can simplify by ignoring the cross-fade stuff if that cannot give you what you need, by making a single file and then doing a bit of Audacity (which you know, but are not keen on) to remove the gaps with "truncate silence" but it may need fiddling with.

These are DJ mixes, the crossfading is baked into the recording so I absolutely do not want a tool altering the audio of the disc. Because I still buy and rip a lot of CDs I don't really want to get into command line stuff I need to tweak constantly, or create a bunch of temp files I don't need (that said, I will probably start ripping mixes as tracks and a consolidated file after this if that's a step anyway, Roon hates single tracks for an album).

 

[Vincent Kars]

These are DJ mixes, the crossfading is baked into the recording so I absolutely do not want a tool altering the audio of the disc.

Is ripping to a single file with CUE a solution?

 

[qirex]

Is ripping to a single file with CUE a solution?

Yeah, Roon ignores the CUE file but it's not like they take up tons of space.