Making Music CD

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denovan
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Making Music CD

Post by denovan » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:46 am

Just started using Audacity and it seems to be great program - congratulations!! My operating system is Windows ME with Nero Burning. The problem is that I can't make a music CD. No problem with data CD. I only have Windows Media Player and wonder if there is another player program I can get. Not very savvy about computers and things like WAV files etc are confusing.
Cany someone help?

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Re: Making Music CD

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:38 am

All you need to do is to create a set of WAV files for you CD. In your Audacity project(s) place a label at each track break - use the Ctrl-B shortcut - and don't forget to place a label right at the beginning for the first track.

Then use Audacity's Export Multiple command (available from the File drop-down) to export a multiple set of WAVs.

Then just use you Nero software to burn a CD

The Audacity Wiki, Documentation and Turorials have much useful information on how to do this - a recommended read - http://audacityteam.org/help/

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BTW: don't be confused by WAVs they are just a particular file format for music - they are uncompressed, so no audio data lost - but they are bigger than the compressed MP3 files which are often more suitable for portable MP3 players/iPods where disc space is a premium - but the size reduction is at a loss in audio quality. Normally most CD players will only play WAV format - though some now will also play MP3 (but not many). There are several other file formats for music - but the ones you are most likely to use right now are WAV and MP3.
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Re: Making Music CD

Post by denovan » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:46 am

Thank you Waxcylinder for the reply. I'll give your advice a go.

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