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Adding Audio Clips (instructions for Mac)
Under the Music section of your page, click the plus sign (+) and follow the instructions. Just make sure your audio files are already in mp3 format. What?? They're not mp3 files yet?
If you have a Mac with iTunes, import your CD track(s) into iTunes after you have set the iTunes preferences below.
You need to know where your mp3 files are in order to upload them. On a Mac, your iTunes audio files are usually on the hard drive in the
If you're using a Mac, I wrote the instructions below for importing your CD tracks into iTunes as mp3s.
If you're on a PC, check the other members' profiles and see if they have a lot of audio clips, ask them if they're using a PC, and ask for help--that would be your best bet. Or, make friends with someone closeby who's got a Mac. (If someone sends me info on how to rip a CD on a PC, especially using free, widely available software--does anyone use Roxio anymore?--I'll happily post the instructions here.)
If you have a Mac with iTunes, import your CD track(s) into iTunes after you have set the iTunes preferences below.
1. Choose iTunes > Preferences and click Import Settings.
2. Choose MP3 Encoder from the Import Using pop-up menu.
3. Choose Custom from the Setting pop-up menu. In the dialog that appears, choose settings:
a) Stereo Bit Rate: The higher the Mono or Stereo kilobits per second (Kbps), the higher the audio quality, but the larger the file size.
b) Variable Bit Rate Encoding (VBR): This setting varies the number of bits used to store the music depending on the complexity of the music. A lower bit rate can keep file size to a minimum.
c) Sample Rate: Choose Auto
d) Channels: Choose Auto
You need to know where your mp3 files are in order to upload them. On a Mac, your iTunes audio files are usually on the hard drive in the
Users folder/
yourname folder (icon looks like a house)/
Music folder/
iTunes folder/
The tunes are sorted into folders by artist name (yours, if you just imported your CD tracks).
This is a lot easier than it sounds--really!
Last updated by Christina de Souza Oct. 4, 2008.
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