Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. xix |
The ABCs of MP3 | |
Welcome to MP3 and Digital Audio | p. 3 |
A Brief History of Recorded Time | p. 4 |
What Is MP3? | p. 5 |
What's the Big Deal about Compression? | p. 6 |
Where Do MP3 Files Come From? | p. 7 |
What Can You Do with MP3? | p. 8 |
What about All the Legal Stuff? | p. 8 |
How to Listen to MP3 Files | p. 9 |
Your Computer | p. 9 |
Portable Players | p. 9 |
A Car Player | p. 11 |
A Home Stereo | p. 12 |
Our Favorite TV Show Theme Songs | p. 13 |
The Difference Between MP3 and Digital Audio | p. 14 |
Getting Your Computer Ready | p. 15 |
Must-Have Hardware | p. 16 |
Processor and RAM | p. 17 |
Notes for Macintosh Users | p. 17 |
The Hard Drive | p. 18 |
The Sound Card | p. 19 |
Speakers | p. 20 |
Universal Serial Bus Ports | p. 20 |
The CD-RW Drive | p. 22 |
Operating System Issues | p. 26 |
Our Five Favorite Funky Songs | p. 27 |
MP3 in Windows 95 | p. 28 |
MP3 in Windows 3.1 | p. 28 |
MP3 in Macintoshes | p. 28 |
Your Internet Connection | p. 29 |
MP3 and the Law | p. 31 |
A Brief History of MP3 Controversy | p. 32 |
Blame It on Rio | p. 33 |
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of MP3.com | p. 34 |
The Napster Effect | p. 35 |
How to Not Break the Law | p. 37 |
Rick vs. Dave: MP3 Ethics | p. 37 |
Definitely Legal Activities | p. 38 |
Illegal Activities | p. 38 |
"Legal" Alternatives to Napster | p. 39 |
The Dawning Age of Copy Protection | p. 39 |
Our Favorite Songs from the '80s | p. 40 |
Playing Digital Music | |
Finding Digital Music Online | p. 45 |
Music Sites | p. 47 |
Amazon.com | p. 47 |
What Is Liquid Audio? | p. 48 |
MP3.com | p. 50 |
Our Favorite Portable MP3 Players | p. 54 |
The Best $13.98 You Can Spend on Your Kids | p. 55 |
File-Sharing Services | p. 58 |
File-Sharing Fundamentals | p. 59 |
How to Use LimeWire | p. 60 |
If I Share My MP3 Files, Can Someone Hack into All My Files? | p. 60 |
Listening on the PC | p. 69 |
How to | p. 70 |
Choosing an MP3 Player | p. 70 |
Finding an MP3 Player | p. 71 |
Music Players for Windows | p. 72 |
Get Hip to the Lingo, Digi-Cat | p. 73 |
Winamp | p. 75 |
Windows Media Player | p. 76 |
RealJukebox Plus | p. 80 |
MusicMatch Jukebox 6 | p. 82 |
Music Players for the Mac | p. 85 |
iTunes | p. 85 |
MPLAY | p. 87 |
MusicMatch Jukebox | p. 88 |
Setting Your Volume | p. 90 |
Changing Skins | p. 90 |
See Your Music | p. 92 |
Dialing into Internet Radio | p. 95 |
Understanding Internet Radio | p. 96 |
Where Internet Radio Comes From | p. 97 |
How You Listen to Internet Radio | p. 97 |
The Importance of High-Speed Internet Access | p. 99 |
Internet-Radio Sound Quality | p. 99 |
Why a Slow Connection Equals Dead Air | p. 99 |
How to Find Internet Radio Stations | p. 100 |
Tune In with Windows Media Player | p. 103 |
Creating Your Own Preset Lists | p. 103 |
Searching for Stations | p. 104 |
Build Custom Radio Shows with RadioMOI.com | p. 105 |
Tune In with RealJukebox | p. 108 |
Should You Pay for MusicMatch Radio MX? | p. 109 |
Sharing with SHOUTcast | p. 110 |
Other Software and Sites | p. 111 |
Taking It on the Road | p. 113 |
Choosing a Portable Music Player | p. 114 |
How Much Memory Does the MP3 Player Have? | p. 115 |
How Does the MP3 Player Connect to the PC? | p. 116 |
What about the Batteries? | p. 117 |
What Other Goodies Does the MP3 Player Have? | p. 118 |
The MP3 Tree | p. 119 |
The Right MP3 Player for You | p. 120 |
MP3s on a Budget | p. 120 |
If You Need a Voice Recorder | p. 121 |
Longer Playing Time | p. 122 |
Listening in Your Car | p. 122 |
If You're a CD Fanatic | p. 123 |
Getting Massive Amounts of Music | p. 124 |
MP3 for Your Car | p. 124 |
In-Dash Receivers with MP3 | p. 125 |
Hard Disk MP3 Players | p. 126 |
Cassette Adapters | p. 127 |
Go Wireless | p. 129 |
Understanding Memory Card Formats | p. 130 |
CompactFlash | p. 130 |
SmartMedia | p. 131 |
Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard | p. 131 |
Memory Stick | p. 132 |
Dave's MP3 Auto Experience | p. 132 |
What Do Memory Cards Cost? | p. 133 |
Playing MP3s on a Personal Digital Assistant | p. 133 |
MP3s on a Pocket PC | p. 134 |
Pocket PC Choices | p. 135 |
MP3s on a Palm OS Device | p. 136 |
MP3 Around the House | p. 139 |
From PC to Stereo (Same Room) | p. 140 |
From PC to Stereo (Different Rooms) | p. 142 |
Kinda Like Mr. Microphone--for MP3 | p. 143 |
X10 Marks the Spot | p. 145 |
Make Your Stereo Part of Your Computer Network | p. 145 |
Internet Radio to Go | p. 147 |
From PC to Any Other Room | p. 148 |
From MP3 Player to Stereo | p. 149 |
Other Cool MP3 Options for the Home | p. 150 |
Where to Find It | p. 151 |
Getting the Best Sound | p. 153 |
Converting Your Audio Files | p. 154 |
Normalizing Your Audio Files | p. 156 |
All about Equalizers | p. 158 |
Using Winamp's Equalizer | p. 159 |
Using the Windows Media Player Equalizer | p. 161 |
Choose a Killer Set of Speakers | p. 162 |
Choose a Killer Set of Headphones | p. 165 |
Headphones That Roam Free | p. 165 |
Creating Your Own Music Files | |
Ripping Music from a CD | p. 169 |
Inside Digital Audio | p. 170 |
Sound Waves 101 | p. 171 |
The Age-Old Debate: Digital or Analog? | p. 173 |
Digital File Formats | p. 177 |
WAV vs. MP3 | p. 179 |
When to Use WAV and MP3 | p. 179 |
Choosing a CD Ripper | p. 180 |
Ripping Music | p. 181 |
Using a Jukebox | p. 182 |
Dealing with Glitches | p. 188 |
Transferring Analog Sources to MP3 | p. 193 |
Making the Connection | p. 194 |
Sound Card Inputs | p. 196 |
Analog Source Outputs | p. 198 |
Cabling It All Together | p. 200 |
Audio Recording Software | p. 204 |
Making the Recording | p. 208 |
Setting the Recording Device | p. 208 |
Setting Sound Levels | p. 210 |
Recording Audio | p. 212 |
Recording Strategies | p. 214 |
Do It All with Easy CD Creator | p. 216 |
Editing, Correcting, and Tweaking Your Audio | p. 221 |
Starting Clean | p. 222 |
Touring an Audio Editor | p. 223 |
Cutting Up Your Music | p. 224 |
Deleting Silent Leader | p. 225 |
Inserting Silent Leader | p. 226 |
Splitting a File into Tracks | p. 228 |
Gluing Tracks Together | p. 230 |
Fading Your Songs | p. 231 |
Taking Jazz Head On | p. 232 |
Cleaning Up Noisy Audio | p. 233 |
Optimizing the Dynamic Range | p. 237 |
Organizing Your Music Files | p. 239 |
Planning for MP3 Storage | p. 241 |
Organizing Your Songs | p. 242 |
Controlling Playback with Filenames | p. 243 |
Selecting a Folder Strategy | p. 243 |
Selecting Filenames | p. 246 |
Editing Music File ID Tags | p. 249 |
Changing Several Tracks at Once | p. 252 |
Fixing the File Type Association | p. 254 |
The Desert Island Test | p. 257 |
Sharing Your Digital Music | |
Converting Music to CD and Streaming Audio | p. 261 |
Getting Started with CD Recording | p. 262 |
Prepping Your Computer | p. 263 |
Choosing Your Discs | p. 265 |
CD-R Speed | p. 266 |
Choosing a Data Format | p. 267 |
Recording with Easy CD Creator | p. 269 |
Choosing Recording Options | p. 269 |
Burning a CD | p. 272 |
Making an MP3 CD | p. 276 |
The Monkees Weren't so Bad | p. 277 |
Streaming Your Music from the Web | p. 278 |
Stream Without Extra Software | p. 278 |
Using Streaming Production Software | p. 281 |
Sharing Your Music Online | p. 285 |
What MP3.com Can Do for You | p. 286 |
The Premium Artist Service | p. 287 |
Payback for Playback | p. 287 |
The Copyright Wizard | p. 287 |
The Music Licensing Program | p. 287 |
The CD Program | p. 288 |
Promo Auctions | p. 288 |
Promoting Your Music on Ampcast.com | p. 288 |
Royalties | p. 289 |
The CD Program | p. 289 |
Five Best Band Names We Just Made Up | p. 289 |
Ad-Free Pages | p. 290 |
Ratings and Sales Data | p. 290 |
Fast Song Approval | p. 290 |
Concert and Event Calendars | p. 290 |
Getting Your Songs on Internet Radio | p. 291 |
Create Your Own Internet Radio Station on SHOUTcast | p. 291 |
Promoting Your Sound | p. 295 |
Selling Your CD | p. 296 |
Online Stores That'll Sell Your CD | p. 296 |
Accepting Payment | p. 298 |
Essential Resources for Musicians | p. 298 |
Finishing Touches for Your CD | p. 300 |
Promoting Yourself | p. 302 |
Write a Press Release | p. 302 |
Cool Things to Do with Your Site | p. 303 |
Write to Your Fans | p. 304 |
From the Experts | p. 305 |
Music That Burns Your Fingers | p. 305 |
Kristin Hersh | p. 306 |
Peter Himmelman | p. 308 |
Diana Darby | p. 310 |
Cherish Alexander, The Painkillers | p. 312 |
Dana Mase | p. 314 |
Internet Radio Stations | p. 317 |
General/Networks | p. 318 |
News/Sports/Talk | p. 319 |
Classical | p. 324 |
Country | p. 326 |
Hip-Hop/Electronic/Dance | p. 327 |
JAZZ | p. 332 |
RandB/Soul | p. 334 |
Rock/Pop | p. 335 |
Top Web Sites for MP3 Dowloads | p. 343 |
Napster | p. 345 |
Morpheus | p. 346 |
Aimster | p. 347 |
iMesh | p. 348 |
KaZaA | p. 349 |
Audiogalaxy | p. 350 |
BearShare | p. 351 |
WinMX | p. 352 |
In Search of Storage Space | p. 353 |
Optical Storage | p. 354 |
External Hard Disks | p. 355 |
Online Storage | p. 356 |
Storage Schemes at a Glance | p. 357 |
Portable Player Memory Cards | p. 359 |
Memory Cards 101 | p. 360 |
CompactFlash | p. 360 |
SmartMedia | p. 361 |
Memory Stick | p. 361 |
Secure Digital/MultiMediaCards | p. 361 |
Security and Memory Cards | p. 362 |
Memory Cards at a Glance | p. 362 |
Index | p. 363 |
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