bunkerbuddies
asked on
How do you download/burn music onto a cd LEGALLY!
I have been wanting learn how to put music on a cd from the internet, but do not how to start. I have a laptop that can burn CDs and a bunch of CDRs. Is this a good start? What programs do I need, what site is the best? Please direct me. I can't stand spending 15-20 bucks on a cd for only one song.
>>Is this a good start?
Yes, you should have everything you need (except a place to download from) already. With CDRs (CD-Recordable), you can't delete or overwrite anything you already have on there, like you can with a CDRW (Re-Writeable). But, the nice thing is that a CDR will work in more "normal" music CD players than a CDRW will.
Yes, you should have everything you need (except a place to download from) already. With CDRs (CD-Recordable), you can't delete or overwrite anything you already have on there, like you can with a CDRW (Re-Writeable). But, the nice thing is that a CDR will work in more "normal" music CD players than a CDRW will.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=How+do+you+download%2Fburn+music+onto+a+cd&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
Here's your question title "googled" Essentially what you are asking here is illegal and not condoned by EE, googling your question title and varients of it will yield surprising results for you...Have fun!
Here's your question title "googled" Essentially what you are asking here is illegal and not condoned by EE, googling your question title and varients of it will yield surprising results for you...Have fun!
Spend your $15 or $20 at an RIAA (That's French for *fairy*ing bastards) approved site and download away.
If you do need burning software, Nero 5 works good for me. There may be a newer version out.
I saw a portion of copyright law.
I am not an attorney but it clearly states that copyright law is violated when copyrighted material is OFFERED or distributed. It fails to mention the "receipt" of same.
I have heard that WinMx is a place where alot of "offerers" go to "offer" their material.
I saw a portion of copyright law.
I am not an attorney but it clearly states that copyright law is violated when copyrighted material is OFFERED or distributed. It fails to mention the "receipt" of same.
I have heard that WinMx is a place where alot of "offerers" go to "offer" their material.
I use Windows Media Player 10 to rip my cd's to the hard drive, then burn them back with the songs I like. It will even copy little pictures of the cd cases so you can change the folder view to "thumbnails" and see all the nifty little images. Within the Windows Media Player option you can select the output type. I suggest mp3.
Known songs unforunately are not free... :)
You have everything you need, u can use Nero as suggested above to burn a music cd...
Use the Wizard to learn how to do this...
You can download music from sites that host songs from new promissing (or not) artists..
http://music.download.com/
"a place for independent artists to upload samples of their music for people to download for free."
"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468646/002-6731422-1600851"
Amazon also lets independent artists provide MP3 files for free download, so you can mostly find music by people you've never heard of; fortunately, the downloads are free, so you can give a bunch of new artists a try without paying for an entire CD.
Hope this helps :)
You have everything you need, u can use Nero as suggested above to burn a music cd...
Use the Wizard to learn how to do this...
You can download music from sites that host songs from new promissing (or not) artists..
http://music.download.com/
"a place for independent artists to upload samples of their music for people to download for free."
"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468646/002-6731422-1600851"
Amazon also lets independent artists provide MP3 files for free download, so you can mostly find music by people you've never heard of; fortunately, the downloads are free, so you can give a bunch of new artists a try without paying for an entire CD.
Hope this helps :)
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
two comments I like to add:
# there are sites which do offer _free_ music legally to download, often from good artists who like to be better known and do not get a contract with the almighty RIAA companies, and from some well-known groups too (do not ask me here please, I am not much interested in modern music);
# your main concern - once you have the music files - will be how you like to listen to them. You might need to change the format of the files. Often .mp3 is offered for download, but it will play only in mp3 players. If you have a plain old stereo, you need a different file format, not sure right now which one. Guess nobus' "record the cd as an audio cd" will do. Nero is very good indeed, just avoid the XP integrated burner. Use not the fastest speed for better quality though.
Regards,
has.
# there are sites which do offer _free_ music legally to download, often from good artists who like to be better known and do not get a contract with the almighty RIAA companies, and from some well-known groups too (do not ask me here please, I am not much interested in modern music);
# your main concern - once you have the music files - will be how you like to listen to them. You might need to change the format of the files. Often .mp3 is offered for download, but it will play only in mp3 players. If you have a plain old stereo, you need a different file format, not sure right now which one. Guess nobus' "record the cd as an audio cd" will do. Nero is very good indeed, just avoid the XP integrated burner. Use not the fastest speed for better quality though.
Regards,
has.
al-hasan
The file format the user will need to play in stand alone stereo players is .wav
there are some programs out there that will convert MP3 to .wav
if this user will google for winamp mp3 to .wav converter they will find step by step directions how to use winamp to convert the mp3 to .wav using an older version of winamp.
http://users.lmi.net/bblackie/music/winamp/midi2wav.html - has a link to download winamp2.91 -- goto note
http://www.audiotoolsdirect.com/winamp.shtml - explains step by step (w/ screenshots) how to convert MP3 to .WAV with winamp2.91
note - - I use winamp to do my conversions, and it works well. I play keyboard with midi recording capabilities, so the first link will take the user to a site to convert midi to .wav, but the user will be able to download the winamp application.
The file format the user will need to play in stand alone stereo players is .wav
there are some programs out there that will convert MP3 to .wav
if this user will google for winamp mp3 to .wav converter they will find step by step directions how to use winamp to convert the mp3 to .wav using an older version of winamp.
http://users.lmi.net/bblackie/music/winamp/midi2wav.html - has a link to download winamp2.91 -- goto note
http://www.audiotoolsdirect.com/winamp.shtml - explains step by step (w/ screenshots) how to convert MP3 to .WAV with winamp2.91
note - - I use winamp to do my conversions, and it works well. I play keyboard with midi recording capabilities, so the first link will take the user to a site to convert midi to .wav, but the user will be able to download the winamp application.
concretesailors: thanks! I totally had forgotten it, must have been too long ago that I used it. Winamp surely is a fine program, just that O button so far I never saw... your links are very helpful. Now we should have all together for bunkerbuddies to start his ventures.
Regards,
has.
Regards,
has.
I suggest using the software called [Nero]
http://ww2.nero.com/enu/index.html
They have a Free Trial Version that last for about a month i think.
You can record content onto a CDR and if it is not full.
You can continue to record even days later, after you have removed the CD from the Drive.
You just need to enable it to allow [Multi-Session]
Except keep in mind, that some CD players will not play a [Multi-Session] CD.
I think that all "New CD Players" with MP3 capabilities will play it, have not checked it yet.
Good Luck.
Carrzkiss
http://ww2.nero.com/enu/index.html
They have a Free Trial Version that last for about a month i think.
You can record content onto a CDR and if it is not full.
You can continue to record even days later, after you have removed the CD from the Drive.
You just need to enable it to allow [Multi-Session]
Except keep in mind, that some CD players will not play a [Multi-Session] CD.
I think that all "New CD Players" with MP3 capabilities will play it, have not checked it yet.
Good Luck.
Carrzkiss
Downloading music:
- music older than a certain age is 'free' from copyright.
I think it's 50 years.
Not sure though bout the number of years.
Copyright laws differ per country and state though! So check that.
- If you go to the website of a band/group/artist you like you usually can get a song for free.
*** removed by turn123 ***
Lastly:
- certain recordlabels provide songs for promotion. Go to their websites.
- music older than a certain age is 'free' from copyright.
I think it's 50 years.
Not sure though bout the number of years.
Copyright laws differ per country and state though! So check that.
- If you go to the website of a band/group/artist you like you usually can get a song for free.
*** removed by turn123 ***
Lastly:
- certain recordlabels provide songs for promotion. Go to their websites.
Sorry for that one then.... wasn't sure.
btw... turn123 fyi... this bumped the thread!!
btw... turn123 fyi... this bumped the thread!!
I know that too ... About 50 years, but i think this is on patent formulas for industry... Not songs. :)
split em between the proper answers.
There are enough to be found.
There are enough to be found.
>> split em between the proper answers. <<
Fully agree.
has.
Fully agree.
has.
The two big legal downloading sites I know of are itunes.com and napster.com. itunes.com lets you download songs for 99 cents each - so you're still paying 15-20 bucks for a CD, but it will actually have 15-20 good songs. Napster, I believe, is $14.99 a month for unlimited downloads. I've never used it (unless you count the days before they decided free sharing was illegal), so I don't know if you can sign up for only one month and then quit or not.