EAC and Monkey's Audio

Important note

This guide is in need of an update, because in EAC 1.0 beta 2, the replacement strings changed. For example:

• "%s" is now "%source%"
• "%d" is now "%dest%"
• "%a" is now "%artist%"

See the full list in the EAC FAQ or in the EAC Compression Options guide.

Software Needed

• Exact Audio Copy
• Monkey's Audio 4.17

Installation

Note: This guide assumes that EAC is has been configured for secure ripping, if not please follow this guide.

• Install Monkey's Audio using the default location.

Configuration

• Open EAC and insert a CD into the drive.
• Click the EAC menu and select Compression Options.
• Click the External Compression Tab, and put a check box in use external program for compression.
• Change Parameter Passing Scheme to User Defined Encoder.
• Change Use file extension to .ape if not already that.
• Click the Browse button and locate in "Monkey's Audio" file folder the MAC.exe.
• Remove the ticks from Use CRC check, Add ID3 tag and check for external programs return code.
• In the Addtional command line options box, copy and paste the string below.

APEv2 Tag:

%source% %dest% -c2000 -t "Artist=%artist%" -t "Title=%title%" -t "Album=%albumtitle%" -t "Year=%year%" -t "Track=%tracknr%" -t "Genre=%genre%"

Note: Alter this switch for the desired compression mode

-c1000	Fast
-c2000	Normal
-c3000	High
-c4000	Extra High
-c5000	Insane

• Do not worry what bit rate is shown in the bit rate drop down box, this will be ignored.

Monkey's Audio configured with tagging support (wapet.exe is no longer available!)

Addtional Reading

• Monkey's Audio
• Exact Audio Copy
• About Lossless Compression