[Electronics-talk] recording, cd burning and creating cds

[Steve Jacobson]

Ashley,

If you have Windows Media Player, burning a CD can be a pain but it is quite possible.  Basically, once you have 
the files created, you create a play list and burn the play list to CD.  I would not disagree with Danielle that it 
is not real straight-forward, but if you see yourself only doing this once it is worth a look rather than buying 
something.  

You have other challenges first, though.  Do you need to make a live recording or do you have the recordings made 
somewhere already?  There can be some issues making such a recording directly on a computer but they are 
manageable.  However, if you can make the recordings using a separate recorder, the job is much easier.  Olympus 
recorders do well, but even the BookPort Plus and the BookSense can do the job pretty well, especially with an 
external Microphone.  I did not find the old VR Stream to do that well, though, but I don't know about the new 
version.  Rather than me making assumptions, explain more what you are recording and we can provide more accurate 
advice.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 08:43:33 -0400, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-talk wrote:

>Hi,
>oh, I did not know that. I won't attempt windows media player then.
>I have windows 7. I would hope that since its not on a windows 8 pc, that 
>you can download it for free.

>I'll check if I have Sonic on here.

>Ashley

>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Danielle Antoine
>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 2:40 AM
>To: Ashley Bramlett ; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] recording, cd burning and creating cds

>Don't know much about Audacity but you can see the sites I previously
>referenced. As for a CD burner I like Sonic. It was standard with
>Windows Xp. Not sure how to get it otherwise. Windows Media Player for
>burning cd's is a pain in the ass! And it doesn't come with Windows 8.

>Danielle

>On 8/7/14, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-talk
><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What's a good way to create a music cd? I am refering to taking several
>> songs from various cds and placing them on a new cd. I would assume the
>> first step would be to digitize them via something like windows media 
>> player
>> where you rip them to mp3 files.
>>
>> I thought there might be some free accessible software to do this with
>> unless its doable with windows media player and itunes which I have.
>>
>> What is a good simple cd burner?
>>
>> Also,  what software do I use to record and what sort of microphone do I
>> need?
>> I heard audacity is somewhat accessible. Can anyone tell me what you can 
>> and
>> cannot do with it? Are there keystrokes for common things like start and
>> stop recording?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ashley
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