Recording Music

CD cases are fragile and break easily, but you can easily replace the CD case for your favorite music and games. Follow these simple steps and make your case look like new.

MP3 files must be converted into the CD Audio (CDA) file type in order to play on home and auto CD players. However, this conversion is very simple and straightforward with a standard CD burning...

Your tape player may be on its last leg or you don't want to use a tape player to play your oldies but goodies. With these directions, you don't have to have audio/video plugs. A tape recorder is...

Have you ever heard a song on the radio and wished you could save it for later? With streaming audio recorders, you can. Streaming audio recorders allow you to record music straight from your...

The music industry is extremely competitive. It takes years before music producers and artists become successful in the music business. However, thanks to modern technology the novice gains a...

Do you love karaoke? While singing your favorite karaoke song, have you ever wanted to make a recording to share with your friends or family? Perhaps your Mom loves to hear you sing a specific...

Innovations in computer technology have made recording an MP3 to a CD easier than ever before. A MP3 is a compressed digital audio format that enables users to store thousands of songs on their...

Downloading music from the Internet has become very popular. When someone pays for a download from an Internet site, they sometimes like to create a CD of that music to take with them. In order to...

Converting your old vinyls and LPs to CDs is a great way not only to conserve the natural, warm sound of your vinyl records but also to take those sounds into the car or move them onto your...

Mastering is a post-production process in which the producer edits and tweaks the technical aspects of recorded music in order emphasize certain qualities or to achieve a desired "sound."...

Making a gospel karaoke CD has as much to do with having the songs as having the ability to create a CD. Online digital karaoke services allow consumers to download songs at extremely low rates....

All CD cases consist of three pieces. CD cases can be assembled by snapping each of the three pieces into place. No tools are necessary to fix loose cases. The only situation where a case can not...

Recording your own CD audiobook is an exciting project, especially if you wrote the book you intend to record. Recording an audiobook can open you up to a new audience, offering an option for...

It is the dream of many musicians to sign a deal with a major record label. The label takes control of the advertising and the distribution, and it will often own all the rights to the music. But...

Converting your vinyl record collection to CD has gotten easier as the sound technology and processing capabilities of both computers and turntables have grown. With the advent of new...

Compact discs and audio cassettes both play music, but they contain different kinds of musical information, scientifically speaking. An audio cassette is a magnetic device that re-creates music in...

Recording your own music onto a blank compact disc is relatively easy. You must have recordable music on your computer file before the disc can program the image from the computer to a blank CD....

This is how I recorded my debut CD. I was recently signed to a 3 album deal by Hammer Axe records, but my CD was recorded and originally released without any help from a record label.

Do you get sick and tired of listening to the same songs on the radio over and over? Or maybe, you enjoy several types of music that not one radio station plays. Some people listen to CD's...

Need To Rescue Your LPs from a closet, this article tells you how. Convert LPs to CDs and Clean UP the Recordings, Its easy. I'll show you how.

Thanks to advances in the technology behind so-called "studios in a box," recording a CD has become much more affordable. Of course, traditional means of recording still exist for those wishing to...

Compact discs were introduced in 1982 by Sony. CDs offered a high-quality music sound that musicians and labels paid a lot to accomplish. Today, anyone can make a CD within most budgets, at...

Short-run CD manufacturing offers artists the chance to order smaller quantities of their CD without the high up-front costs associated with the traditional CD manufacturing process. Once commonly...

CD mastering involves a post-production process of preparing recorded audio to be transferred to its final master form, from which all copies are produced and manufactured. Ideally, the engineer...

Modern technology has allowed almost anyone to be able to create their own music CD at home. The entire process, from songwriting, to recording all the instruments and vocals, to creating the...

Music mastering has evolved greatly since the advent of computer-based digital audio workstations. Before digital audio workstations, musicians or groups would bring their mixes (on tape) to a...

With the advent of affordable digital audio editing programs, the once arcane art of mastering suddenly seemed within the reach of many struggling musicians. Top mastering engineers charge lots of...

With continual advances in computer-recording technology, it is relatively cheap and easy to record your own music at home or in a makeshift studio. But just because you wrote, performed and...

Your band just landed its dream gig for tomorrow night. It is also going to be broadcast on the radio. So - you know there will be ample opportunities to sell your CDs. But - there is no time...

The first step in the music CD production process is to record the music. The process of recording the music for the album is called engineering. Recording engineers use recording equipment to get...

A karaoke video is a special kind of CD format that is actually video and audio combined to create a CD+G format. CD+G is an abbreviation for CD plus Graphics. A karaoke CD contains regular CD...

Whether your Ipod broke, you want to play your music in the car, or a friend wants a certain song, it's always convenient to be able to burn music from your iTunes account onto a CD. Here is how...

A CDG CD is a karaoke CD+G formatted CD--or CD plus graphics format. To copy a CDG, a regular CD copying and burning software application, such as Nero or Alcohol 120%, will not work. Only the...

While putting together a mix CD is easy, doing it well is an art and one that requires a thought. With such an expansive genre as classical music, which spans hundreds of years and thousands of...

A karaoke DVD has the advantage of showing the lyrics on a TV screen while playing the music. But if you just want the music on a CD, you can record it onto a CD-R. The biggest problem you will...

Many people have stacks of old 33 RPM records and 45 RPM records that hardly if ever get played anymore because of the scratching, hissing and popping of the records. When you learn to record your...

Jewel cases are a packaging option for a cd, but they break easily. Learn about packaging and printing an album in this free studio recording lesson from a professional musician.

Just finished recording an album in your home studio? CDs safe in their jewel cases, waiting to go to your favorite local record shop? For a more professional look, wrap your CDs in plastic....

Cassette tapes and 8-tracks were supposed to kill LPs, but they didn't. Instead, the CD killed them--or so we thought. In the digital age, the LP has seen a revival with hipsters and music buffs...

This article will provide a tutorial on how to convert LPs to CDs, detailing the type of equipment necessary to create a digital archive of old record vinyl albums. You'll learn how to transfer a...

Recording your vocals and burning them on to a CD disc can be a lot of fun and a great way to express yourself creatively. You will need some good old-fashioned creativity, the right gear and some...

Hooking up a CD player to an amplifier can allow you to play quickly and easily emulate a home stereo CD player. Hooking the CD player to an amp will greatly increase the volume level that you can...

Karaoke has become increasingly popular over the years. It isn't hard to find a bar or lounge that hosts karaoke at least once per week in almost any area. You can find karaoke in other countries...

Many people have great music and recordings on analog tape cassettes that aren't compatible with the latest car and home audio systems. Give those recordings new life by converting them into CDs.

You will learn how to record your favorite songs performing the lead and background vocals without the aid of anyone else or a computer.

Digital pianos today have thousands of features and sounds built in, but many do not make the process of recording your songs to CD very easy. One thing every digital piano is sure to have is a...

With some studio time being so expensive. Garage bands are always looking for cheap effective ways of recording their demo cd's so they can send it out to various clubs and fair promoters. This...

If you are a songwriter and desire to be a singer/rapper/composer but lack the wherewithal or the know how to create your own music? You have options available. My article will provide you with...

Create memories of your road trip as soon as you hit play with a custom mix of songs picked with a theme in mind!

Compact discs and other digital media store data in binary code, the bits and bytes that make all computer technology possible. Binary code is a series of 1s and 0s that contains all the...