

Maybe you could explain a little deeper about the final product you were intending to create? It sounds like maybe you might need a metadata manager or editor as part of your workflow.

There isn't any metadata on the original file anyway, (assuming your source is a CD) so what are you trying to preserve? Metadata on something like an MP3 file is written when you save it. I've never had to worry about the lack of metadata on a WAV file. My calculator doesn't have enough digits for that The amount of WAV data you can save in a terabyte is. Just buy a 10 terabyte hard drive and go to work. Maybe I'm doing too much HD video to understand your plight about saving hard drive space but it's kind of a non-issue these days. You can wait until you export to convert to MP3, Flac, aiff, whatever you need. The other comment about "not doing any conversions until the end" is very valid. It's also the format that's recognized by every DAW in the world, so no matter what you end up using two edit it, it will be compatible. If you want to save the audio in the purest form, then use that. So ripping them at that rate does not do any conversion and merely copies the data to your computer. The thing to remember here is that your audio CDs are 16 bit, 44.1 megahertz wav files. Re "But is the bit rate something that can be adjusted for while a CD is being ripped onto the computer? "
