Audio Software

An MP4 file is an audio or video file that uses the MPEG-4 compression. It can be used to compress video to a size that can be viewed over the web or on a portable media device (such as an iPod)....

Windows Media Player is Microsoft's media library software that allows users to play audio and view video and images on their computers. In addition to playing audio files, Media Player can also...

M4P files are copy protected AAC files purchased from the iTunes store. In order to playback these files, one must provide the username and password of the Apple account used to purchase the...

Many times you might hear a song on a DVD movie that you really like. But how can you listen to this song in your car stereo, since it's on a DVD? The solution is to capture the audio on the DVD...

Nero is a powerful program which allows you to burn files to CD's and DVD for storage, viewing or listening. If you are looking to create a long playlist of music, you can use Nero to add music to...

Technically speaking, Windows media files cannot be converted directly to MP3 files. Windows media files can be made into MP3 files, however, with a bit of maneuvering of the files. It does not...

Capturing audio used to be the province of tape and audiocassette recorders. However, many computers -- laptops especially -- come with integrated microphones, thus affording these systems the...

Karaoke is a popular form of entertainment that originated in Japan and has become very popular in the United States. Karaoke files can be generated on your computer and are appended with the file...

Audio files come in many formats including MP3 and MID files. Files that have the extension .mid are known as MIDI files. MIDI stands for musical instrument digital interface and are typically...

The format of a Real Media file is dependent upon which type of media it represents. Real Media files are opened by the program RealPlayer.

The iTunes software allows you to copy files from a computer to an iPod, but it will not allow you to transfer files from an iPod to a computer. If your computer has suffered a catastrophic...

An M4A file is a file that is encoded with the Apple Lossless Encoder. This type of file is saved in the MPEG-4 container format and is similar to a MP4 file without the video component. M4A...

At times, it is preferable to have an audio file saved in a video file format, especially when using a portable video player such as an iPod. Changing a MP3 audio file into a video format can be...

Creating fun and unique ringtones is a skill that both kids and adults could benefit from. There are many ringtone file types, including iMelody, which was developed by the cell-phone company Sony...

Pop and hiss are perhaps the two most common problems to recording good audio. Both are created when excess air hits the microphone coil during recording, distorting the audio. The best way to...

Some versions of iPod can play video formats as well as music like MP3s. Since DVDs are normally in a physical disk form, though, you can't use them on your iPod. You can work around this problem...

Using Ventrilo's voice-over-IP software is easy when you have a known server you can connect to, but if there is no available server, you need to create your own. Software for setting up a Vent...

There are thousands of websites that allow users to listen to streaming audio content ranging from radio stations to dedicated music sites, such as Rhapsody or Grooveshark. You can record your...

Real Media is a proprietary audio and video format developed by RealNetworks. The format is used to stream audio and video files over the Internet. Real Player for Linux and Unix is an...

An MP4 (MPEG-4) file is used to store digital video and audio recordings. An MP3 file is similar, but only stores digital audio. Converting files from MP4 to MP3 format can be useful if you are...

While most mp3 stores now sell DRM free downloads, audiobooks remain locked down. Once you remove the DRM from your audiobooks you'll be able to use them anywhere - not just where Audible and...

Karaoke is a type of program where music and backing vocals are played along with a screen that displays lyrics to enable participants to sing the song. There are a number of files associated with...

Audio programs are software used to play digital music files. There are a number of different audio programs available, including one that uses .peak files.

Music production software is used to edit songs and then save the resulting music as a digital file. There are a number of music production software programs available for users, including one...

The Zune is Microsoft's answer to the iPod. The initial release of the Zune had some advantages over the iPod including wireless syncing, the ability to share music with other Zune users...

If your the type that likes listening to music and you want to carry it everywhere you go, but you don't know how to burn the music on a cd. Well today is your lucky day. This article is going to...

You can create your own virtual guitar amp (or virtual bass amp!) using some simple audio production software - the days when a studio needs wall upon wall of amps and microphones are over! Best...

The ATRAC3 audio format was created by Sony to use with their music players but is not compatible with the more popular MP3 music players like the iPod, Zune and others. Converting an ATRAC3 audio...

You can create a custom audio CD library of MP3 files by using the free iTunes software. iTunes is available for the Mac and Windows operating systems. The software will burn the CD in the...

Many people purchase digital music to play on a computer, burn to a CD or listen to on an MP3 player. There are a number of different software programs used to download and play digital music,...

What began as an application called Cool Edit proved so popular and versatile, Adobe purchased the title, added some refinements and released the application as Adobe Audition. Version 1.5 fixed...

WinMX was a file-sharing program used to download music, games, videos, etc. until a lawsuit surfaced against the company in September of 2005 and support for connection problems (along with any...

The RealPlayer program is a software utility designed to play most types of audio and video files. It also has its own RealPlayer file extension that can't be opened by many other audio programs....

Ever had that random song that starts with 7 seconds of talking or runs 30 seconds too long? Luckily, there is a simple way to program your iTunes so the song will start when the music starts to...

Windows Media Player, or WMP, has advanced tremendously in the past few years, filling in any information tags (artist name, album name, etc.) missing from your music files without skipping a...

Windows Media Player 9 is an audio/video software package created and sold by Microsoft. The Media Player was bundled with other Microsoft programs installed on computer systems running Windows 98...

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is a type of technology that allows digital instruments to communicate with one another as well as with computer systems. A number of files are...

I've seen lots of people Interested in recording Sirius Satellite Raido on Computer so here is a wonderful tutorial explaining how to record the sirius Internet Radio even when you are not sitting...

How to set MP3 songs as iPhone Ringtone? this guide will tell an easy way to convert mp to M4R, make your own unique custom free ringtone from mp music songs for iPhone/3G/3G S.

Audio MP3 CDs are able to store more songs than your average CD; around 140 compared to the 18 or so on a regular CD. Now that you have an MP3 CD player, how can you burn an audio MP3 CD that will...

Cassette tapes were once the standard for music production and distribution. The advent of the compact disc, or CD, killed the format, and it has become increasingly difficult to find players that...

If you supervise the in-house sound at a club or concert venue, you may be looking for an easy way record the output of the sound mixer using a laptop computer. If you have a laptop with an audio...

Audio files are popular with users for listening to music on MP3 players and computers as well as burned onto CDs. There are a number of different technologies used to create audio files,...

Adobe Audition has been called the "Swiss Army Knife" of audio applications. With the appropriate supporting hardware, you can use Audition to record single or multiple tracks of audio, edit audio...

Audio files can be created with a number of different encoding technologies, which affects not only the quality and size of the file, but in some cases, what file extension it uses. An example of...

Music can be found anywhere online. But how about downloading music for free. This tutorial will teach you to download any songs you can found anywhere online.

A QuickTime playlist is a snippet of XML code that is used to force content to play in a QuickTime player when invoked from a webpage. QuickTime playlists may be created using the Export function...

The file system for the popular Apple iPod can sometimes become heavily fragmented, making it difficult for Windows to read information off the device. When this happens, a message usually...

Digital music is popular because it allows users to purchase music instantly and often buy only songs that they like rather than entire CDs. There are a number of websites and services that offer...

If you didn't buy Mac OS X system, you probably don't have iTunes in your machine. It comes as the default media player for Mac OS X. But, what if you want to download it for your Windows system?...