Hello John, I am very interested in this manual. How could I purchase it from you? Is there a way to download it and pay by credit card? Thanks, Mario Eiland >>> [log in to unmask] 03/08/01 07:45AM >>> Hello Listers, As several people have asked me to keep them up to date on any new manuals I might write, I should like to make everyone aware of a new from the keyboard tutorial which I have just completed. It is to do with many different types of sound playing, copying, converting, sound editing, and so forth. The tutorial has 18 main sections, around 160 sub-sections and just under 43,000 words. The Table of contents is underneath this message and I'm sure it gives a clear picture of the scope and depth of coverage of most of the software. If this sort of thing does not interest you, please accept my apologies at this stage and just press your delete key. The tutorial is available as a plain ASCII text file for 28 US dollars. Would any interested persons, please contact me on: Phone: 0113 2575957 (from the UK) Phone: 01144 113 2575957 (from the US) E-mail: [log in to unmask] Best regards, John Wilson. ******** AUDIO PLAYING, COPYING AND SOUND EDITING FROM THE KEYBOARD BY JOHN WILSON Copyright February 2001 All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS (To find a particular section or heading, use your word- processor's or editor's search facility, e.g. type "section 6" to find that section. Type the string "Downloading Winamp from the Internet" to find that subheading. Additionally, all main sections are separated by a centred row of eight asterisks.) Foreword Restrictions Available Manual Formats Target Group Conventions Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Types of CD Drives and Disks Types of Recordable CD Disks Write-Only Disks Re-Writable CD Disks Compact Disk Capacities Types of CD Drives CD-ROM CD-R CD-RW Section 3: Installing an Internal CD Drive Hardware components CD Drive Description Installation Procedure Section 4: Basic Compact Disk Music Playing Directly from the CD Drive Features of the front Panel of a CD Drive Enabling the AutoPlay Feature of Windows Windows Music CD AutoPlay Changing Playback Volume and Quality Section 5: Windows CD Player Playing a Standard Music CD with the CD Player The View Menu CD Player Volume Control The Options Menu The Disk Menu The Play List Section 6: Sound Cards and Windows Volume Control Types of Sound Cards The Windows Volume Control Example of Changing a Sound Property--The Microphone Settings Section 7: Windows Media Player 6.4 Launching Media Player How to Play Media Files on the Internet How to Save a Media File to Hard Disk Where to Find Media Files to Play on the Web Playing a Media File from CD-ROM or Hard Disk Playing Encrypted Packaged Media Files The three Media Player Screen Displays Previewing the Contents of a Show Customising Media Player Adding Media Files to Your Favourites Menu List Organising Your Favourite Media Files Playing a Favourite Media File The View Menu Options Property Sheets Shortcut Keys Section 8: RealPlayer 8 Basic Downloading RealPlayer Basic Pen-picture of the RealPlayer Basic Screen Using RealPlayer Basic Loading a Clip in RealPlayer Searching for things to Listen to or Watch The Play List The RealPlayer Basic Favourites Folder RealPlayer Help RealPlayer Basic Shortcut Keystrokes Section 9: What are MP3 Files and Where can they be Downloaded from? What is MP3? Where to Look for MP3 Music and Other Audio Files Sources of Legitimate MP3 Listening and Downloading Commercial MP3 Download Sites MP3 Specific Web Search Engines The Napster Site The Ask MP3 Link Portal Section 10: Winamp Version 2.7 Downloading Winamp from the Internet Installing Winamp Playing a single MP3 File Playing all of the MP3 Tracks in a Folder Playing Standard HI-FI CD Audio Disks Playing Non-Consecutive Tracks Playing MP3 Tracks from the Internet Making Personal Tone Changes in the Winamp Graphic Equalizer Making Preset Tone Changes in the Winamp Graphic Equalizer The PlayList Editor The Winamp Menu Structure Obtaining Attribute Details of a Sound File Winamp Preferences The Winamp Context Menu Sending an MP3 File as an E-Mail Attachment Using Winamp Plugins Winamp Shortcut Keys Section 11: Quick and Easy Method of Playing MP3s Section 12: Using Stand-Alone Encoders to Create MP3 and other File Formats from Digital Compact Disks What is an Encoder? Why Use a Stand-Alone Encoder? The FREERIP.MP3 Freeware Encoder Downloading FREERIP.MP3 Installing FREERIP.MP3 Launching and Configuring FREERIP.MP3 How to Copy Tracks FREERIP.MP3 Menus How to Convert 16-Bit WAV Files to MP3 or OGG Vorbis Formats The FREERIP.MP3 Help System Section 13: The MP3 File Context Menu Quick Commands Changing the Associated Program for Playing MP3s MP3 File Properties Section 14: Adaptec Easy CD copier Installation Types of Disks CD Copier can Clone Copying Directly from One CD Drive to Another Copying via the Hard Disk CD Copier Shortcut Keys Section 15: Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 (Standard) Installing Easy CD Creator Pen-Picture of the Easy CD Creator Screen What can I do with Easy CD Creator? Launching Easy CD Creator Creating an Audio Music CD from Your CD-ROM Drive Obtaining CD Title and Track Titles from CDDB Online Creating an Audio CD When You Only have One CD Drive Playing a music CD with Easy CD Creator Converting an Audio Music CD Track into a Windows WAV or MP3 File Creating a Data CD from Files on Your Hard Disk Drive Creating a Data CD When You Only Have One CD Drive Creating a Mixed-Mode Cd Creating a CD Extra CD How to Add More Data to a Partly Used Data CD Deleting the Contents of a CD Saving a Layout Opening a Saved Layout Testing that Your Computer is Running Optimally for CD Copying Other Main Menu Features of Interest Easy CD Creator Shortcut Keys Upgrading to Easy CD Creator Platinum Section 16: Adaptec Direct CD CD Disk formatter Version 2.5D What does the Direct CD Wizard Do? Uses for Formatted Direct CD Disks Launching Direct CD and Formatting a CD How to Copy to a Formatted Data Compact Disk Deleting Files from a Data CD Section 17: Windows Sound Recorder with JFW JFW Special Shortcut Commands Capabilities and Limitations of the Sound Recorder Audio Properties, Quality and Volume Changes Recording a Sound File Opening and Playing a Saved Sound File Editing and Effects Changing the Quality of a Recording Joining Sound Files together Merging Sound Files Inserting One Sound File into Another Section 18: Sound forge XP Introduction Versions of Sound Forge and Where to Buy Them The Sound Forge Data Window How to Start Recording Saving a Sound File Opening a Sound File Checking Your Position in a Sound File Editing a Whole Sound File Editing Part of a Sound File Example of Editing Using the Square Brackets Example of Editing Using the Shift Key Sound Forge Direct Mode Inserting Place Markers for Quick Re-Location in a Playing File Inserting Place-Finding Markers in a File as You Record it The Markers List Normalising the Recording Level of a Sound File Working in More than One Editing Window at a Time Mixing One Sound with Another Changing the Volume of a Sound file Fading a File in or Out Cross-Fading One Sound File with Another Inserting a Segment of Silence into a File Increasing or Decreasing the Length of a File without Changing its Pitch Sound Synthesis The GoTo Feature Observing Sound File Properties Examples of Some of Sound Forge's Other Features Combining Sound Forge XP with Other Sound Recorders Sound Forge Shortcut Keys Appendix 1: List of Shortcut Keys for All Software Covered Appendix 2: Glossary of Computer Terms Appendix 3: Other Tutorials by this Author ********