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how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a cd
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:16 pm
by snaressevon
hello, i just started making music on my computer using audacity and i wanted to put some of my work onto a cd and also i wanted to put some on my myspace page. i think i need to convert it to mp3 format but not sure the correct way to do that. i was looking on audacity's website and i think i found out how but not sure. IS IT THE LAME PROGRAM I NEED TO DOWNLOAD??????????????? could someone please help me out?
thanks-
-snares
Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:59 pm
by waxcylinder
To make a "proper" CD you will need to export WAV files (at 44.1kHz stereo 16-bit PCM - the Red Book standard for CDs).
It is possible to make a CD with MP3s but you will need computer of special CD player to play them.
You need MP3s (or sililar) if you want compressed music files for a portable music player - and yes you need LAME if you want to export MP3s.
WC
Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:19 pm
by steve
Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:12 pm
by n0ctis
when burning a CD from MP3s, the burning application coverts them to wav files first... so yeah, wav is the way to go.
Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:38 pm
by waxcylinder
n0ctis wrote:when burning a CD from MP3s, the burning application coverts them to wav files first... so yeah, wav is the way to go.
Yes maybe - but why on earth would you want tgo go to a compressed format (MP3 ) first and then reflate to WAVs for burning to CD??
It's like taken chicken soup, dehydrating it to powder and then adding water to make "chicken soup" - similar to but in no way the real thing ........
WC
Re: how to change my tracks to mp3 so i can put them onto a
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:55 pm
by n0ctis
You wouldn't. That's why a wav file is the way to go. MP3 is just a compression format for waveform files. It'd be best to skip the stripping lossy compression does and stick with uncompressed audio.