Mp3 For Dummies

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Edition: CD
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Hungry Minds
List Price: $19.99

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Summary

The promise of MP3 -- CD-quality sound over the Internet -- is shaking up the music industry! Whether you want to download songs directly from musicians, broadcast your own radio station over the Web, or store an infinite personal collection of songs on your computer, MP3 is bound to change your relationship with music. For musicians and music lover alike, MP3 For Dummies contains . . . A glossary of terms that explains technical language in real English A step-by-step guide to make your computer MP3-compliant A handy directory to where all those MP3 songs are stored on the Internet A how-to guide to turn your desktop computer into a high fi sound system using your home stereo Instructions to make MP3s from your own music collection An explanation of how to create and record compositions and then transform them into professional-quality MP3s Information about uploading files you create to MP3 sites Included with your MP3 For Dummies is a CD-ROM starter kit that includes Shareware versions of MusicMatch Jukebox and Winamp as well as a trial version of SoundJam MP and live links to MP3 sites.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part I: What's MP3 and How Do I Use It? 7(32)
Chapter 1: Just Get Me Going!
9(10)
Chapter 2: Turning Your Computer into an MP3 Machine
19(20)
Part II: Downloading and Playing MP3 Files from the Internet 39(94)
Chapter 3: Finding the Best Free MP3 Files
41(12)
Chapter 4: Downloading MP3 Files from the Internet
53(20)
Chapter 5: Playing MP3 Files on Your Computer and Home Stereo
73(24)
Chapter 6: Choosing and Using Portable MP3 Players
97(20)
Chapter 7: Listening To or Setting Up an MP3 Radio Station
117(16)
Part III: Creating Your Own MP3 Files 133(42)
Chapter 8: Ripping and Editing Songs from a CD, TV, Tape, or Microphone
135(14)
Chapter 9: Completing the MP3 File with an Encoder
149(4)
Chapter 10: MusicMatch Jukebox's All-in-One Software: From CD to MP3
153(10)
Chapter 11: Saving MP3 Songs on a CD
163(12)
Part IV: MP3s for the Musician 175(36)
Chapter 12: Why Bother with MP3s?
177(8)
Chapter 13: Composing Songs for MP3
185(12)
Chapter 14: Musician's Guide to Turning Songs into MP3s
197(14)
Part V: The Part of Tens 211(50)
Chapter 15: Ten Best MP3 Sites
213(8)
Chapter 16: Ten Ways MP3 Helps Musicians
221(6)
Chapter 17: Ten Most Useful MP3 Utilities
227(6)
Chapter 18: Ten Piracy Myths from the RIAA
233(4)
Chapter 19: Ten Clues to a Web Site's Location
237(6)
Chapter 20: Ten Rumors About MP3
243(6)
Chapter 21: Ten MP3 Players for Windows CE
249(12)
Part VI: Appendixes 261(20)
Appendix A: About the CD
263(12)
Appendix B: Glossary
275(6)
Index 281(22)
IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement 303(8)
Installation Instructions 311
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