Record all music you might want use in Studio in MP3 and WAV formats and Backup on separate media like DVD

Using music in .WAV format has many advantages in respect to the embedded Studio's CD Import function. In fact, Studio does convert CD tracks to ... WAV Auxiliary Files for internal usage! There are some known issues like the need to re-insert CD's after deleting Auxiliary Files, as well some crashes in specific circumstances. This is why it's better to use only .WAV files. Requires some preparatory work that can be achieved with the handy CDEx freeware.

Worth spending some time with CDEx for effective music management:

1. Rip yours CD's with CDEx to MP3 format (best quality/file size ratio). Purpose here is to create a personal archive of your music, located on hard-disk for permanent access. Suggest you organize in various folders/sub-folders for regrouping by Album, Theme, Artist, etc. This way you will be able to access your music at any time, create play-lists, listen while, ... w/o inserting any CD. And last but not least keep safe yours favorite medias. Think about doing some backup on an external media like DVD (choose Data DVD Type).

2. The archive being made of MP3 files as mention above, any song to be used in Studio will need an extra conversion step to get a .WAV file as it's the preferred Studio's music format. This task can be also achieved with CDEx. Please notice that such files will have to be kept on the hard-disk - and not moved - until used in Studio Project.

3. This freeware has many features like retrieving informations from a web Database (named CDDB) so there is no need to manually input the Album, Artist, Song, ... Just ensure you're connected to the web, check that the CDDB feature is activated in the software options, and insert the CD. The CDEx Database is compatible with Windows Media Player. 

CDEx is really a great tool, have a try!

{english translation by Fehlmann}