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Making Music CDs Using Easy CD Creator
Tips for Making a Music CD
Here are a few tips for making music CDs:
■ Copy an entire music CD with Disc Copier: To make a
backup copy of an entire music CD from start to finish, use
Disc Copier. See Chapter 8, Copying Discs Using Disc Copier.
■ Convert a track to WAV or WMA format: To save a track on an
existing music CD to your hard disk drive, convert the track to
a WAV or WMA audio format. Once saved to your hard disk,
you can add the audio file to your music CD project and record
it just like you would a normal music CD. See Converting a
Track to a WAV or WMA File on page 17.
■ Retrieve the CD title, artist name, and track titles from the
Internet: To retrieve the CD title, artist name, and track titles
for a commercially produced music CD, use the online music
database available with Easy CD Creator. See Accessing the
Online Music Database on the Internet on page 24.
■ Label your music CD project with CD title and artist name:
Before recording your CD, you may want to label the CD by
typing a new CD title and artist name for your music CD
project. Once the CD is recorded, you cannot change the title
and name.
■ Record in Disc-at-Once (DAO) mode to eliminate the two-
second gap between tracks: To prevent a two-second gap from
occurring between the music tracks, record your music CD
using the Disc-at-Once option. When making the CD, select
Disc-at-Once from the Record CD Setup dialog box.
■ Preview a track: To hear a track as it will be recorded to your
CD, preview the track before recording it to CD. This is
especially useful if you want to preview any effects applied to
a track. See Previewing a Track on page 16.
■ Save your music CD project: You can save your music CD
project to record a CD at a later time. When saving a music CD
project, you are saving a file that contains only the instructions
that specify which tracks and files to include in the music CD
project. See Saving and Opening a CD Project on page 23.