I'd suggest a google search for a program called "LAME" or "NotLAME" for the MP3 ecoding part, it's a command line utility, and looks like it'd be mostly synth-friendly, besides being (n)curses-based and using internet-style "smileys" for the status output. and as said before, cdparanoia is great for the "rip" part of the process, I managed to figure it out in less than 5 minutes. On Thursday October 25, 2001 07:08 pm, you wrote: > I would start by reading the CDR HOWTO; sorry, can't remember the exact > spelling. I remember reading through it and it was very detailed on how to > do it and what programs to use. Slackware comes with both CD and CDR > utility packages. > > Oh, ceperanoia (I hope I am spelling this right) is intended for cd > ripping but I haven't any personal experience yet with it. >