Klarinet Archive - Posting 001141.txt from 2000/02

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] CD - WAV? MP3?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:23:46 -0500

>
> I'm suffering from conflicting information.
>
> When music is transferred from a computer to a CD, is it done as
> a WAV file
> or as a MP3 file -- or something else, entirely?
>
> I have some old recordings, going back as far as my junior recital, that I
> want to put on CDs for archival purposes. I've been told to copy them to
> disk as WAV files. Others have told me I need to convert the WAV
> files into
> MP3 files before I put them on CD.
>
> Can someone knowledgable suggest the correct procedure?
>
> Thanks, Jim
>

Transfer to your computer as a .wav file (or .aiff if you have a mac)...
Burn the CD from there.

To expand on what Mark said, to make a MP3 file, you will have to use a
program to compress it down into that format. All cd burning programs will
need a raw data file to burn from. They will convert this data into a
format that normal audio cd players will be able to read. If you make a cd
with an MP3 on it, you will not be able to play it on a normal CD player.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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