AIFF Player

Hi All, Does anyone know of a piece of hardware of software that will allow quick access (ie: play immediately with no session setup) of AIFF files. The ideal would be a CD player that played the AIFF as it would a redbook file. Is this possible?

In addition to the above post... The AIFF files I wish to playback instantly are have been archived as 16 bit 44.1 files on CD. A quick player for AIFF on CD would be very useful.

Quicktime. Chances are your browser is set-up to handle AIFF files with it, so just drag and drop your file in a browser window. Voila.

No stand alone CD players then??

I use iTunes a lot to play back my files. It has a nice interface and can create song lists etc. I think it's free for Mac people.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I use iTunes to gig with. I have all my songs as AIFF's from PT, and I just navigate to the track in iTunes and hit Enter. Instant playback. I have them all loaded on the HD though, although iTunes can do CD's too.

I have a Mindi disc recorder that plays pretty well. It's pretty easy to get music from the mac into it. Mine came witha digital link kit. About the best random access/rerecordable take along medium out there. - Affordable too. Tapes good, but canonly be used once before signal degredation. DAT: Great if you can afford it. Portable HD recorder: same as DAT. As afar as native aiff playback, i dont know of anything. Why does it have to be native aiff?

Hi All, I started this thread because I need to be able to make cassette copies of my AIFF archived files. These cassettes will go to Aboriginal communities. Cassette is a more accessible medium than CD. So... Instead of using my Mac to play the files onto cassette I am after a stand alone AIFF CD player. This will allow me to set and forget (at least for one side of the cassette) the transfer process from AIFF (CD) to cassette without tieing up the resources of my protools rig. As such, I will be able to continue to digitise edit etc while the CD/cassette copying is taking place. I could archive the files as redbook CD audio but that is not the done thing in the archiving world. So... AIFF on CD player anyone?

There is no such thing as a standalone AIFF CD player. Burn 2 CDs: one in AIFF for archiving (although red book would be fine!) and a redbook one to replicate your tapes.

Hey David, I am sorry to say that redbook CD format is not "fine" at my workplace. It has to be AIFF for the archive. Although, I may be able to convince my superiors that a redbook CD would be handy format to have in addition to the AIFF standard. I am also interested in a high speed CD to Cassette copier. Maybe 4 to 6 time playback. Does anyone know of such a piece of hardware? CD in one side, cassette in the other, automatic record on both sides of the cassette with appropriate CD auto stop (overlap 10 secs) etc. Thanks for the advice n