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A Brief Survey ofA Brief Survey ofDigital MusicDigital Music

Presented to Fairhaven’sPresented to Fairhaven’sCOMCAM GroupCOMCAM Group

By Anthony Somers, February 8, 2008By Anthony Somers, February 8, 2008

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A Brief Survey of Digital MusicA Brief Survey of Digital Music

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Digital Music – Why Bother?Digital Music – Why Bother?

My audio CDs work fine

I have cassette tapes

I have LPs

My computer is too old



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Digital Music – Why Bother?Digital Music – Why Bother?

Never misplace another CD

Make “playlists” of any number of songs from any number of albums

Allows use of other digital music products:– iPODs (and other brands of portable media

players)– Digital media players



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Digital Music – Why Bother?Digital Music – Why Bother?With a little help, convert your old LPs and cassette tapes to digital music

Older computer?– Use good, time-tested conversion and playing

software– Winamp 2.91, RealPlayer



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Digital Music – Why Bother?Digital Music – Why Bother?Create “MP3 CDs” which hold ten times the songs of standard CDs

MP3 CDs can be played in virtually all DVD players and many car/home CD players

Thousands of Internet radio stations– Eliminates FM reception problem



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Copying audio CDs to your computer is called “ripping”

MUST have Internet connection for album-song titles to be correctly assigned

One song per file

Files stored in nested folder structure– Artist \ Album

Use standard naming convention– <track #> - <track title> - <album> - <artist>– e.g., 01 - Overture - Child Is Father To The Man - Blood, Sweat & Tears



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Use RealPlayer (www.real.com) to convert audio CDs

Use RealPlayer or WinAmp version 2.91, download from oldversion.com

For Older PCs Running Windows 98For Older PCs Running Windows 98

Must have an Internet connection before converting.. Must have an Internet connection before converting.. Otherwise, your songs have “Untitled” names, untitled Otherwise, your songs have “Untitled” names, untitled artist/album (see next slide)…artist/album (see next slide)…

http://www.real.com/



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No Internet ConnectionNo Internet Connection



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Active Internet ConnectionActive Internet Connection



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iTunes (Mac and PC)

Windows Media Player– PC only– Standard on all version of Windows

Software for Newer PCs/MacsSoftware for Newer PCs/Macs



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iTunes Import DisplayiTunes Import Display



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iTunes Radio DisplayiTunes Radio Display



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Windows Media Player Setup DisplayWindows Media Player Setup Display



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Windows Media Player Play Song DisplayWindows Media Player Play Song Display



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Comcast network

(Wireless) router

Using Digital Music At Home

Living Room

TV/Stereo

Digital Media Player

wireless or wired network

Left-right audio

Portable Media Player



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HP Digital Media Receiver



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HP Digital Media Receiver TV Display



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HP Digital Media Receiver TV Display



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Creative Portable Media Player



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Creative Portable Media Player



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Digital Music – Give It A TryDigital Music – Give It A Try

Ask your fellow COMCAM membersfor some help

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