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Remember me on this computer. Cancel Forgot your password? Greg Harvey. View all subjects. Similar Items. Print version: Harvey, Greg. R ight now, your home computer is probably set up to run as a standard home office machine. You could be using your common home computer to down- load the latest music and undiscovered classics, put them on a portable audio player, and take them with you on a long road trip to avoid hearing your friends sing campfire songs and they will sing them, unfortunately.
You could even use it to unleash your inner record producer and conquer the world with your undiscovered musical genius. Well, sure, you must have some musical genius there to begin with.
But the point is that your Windows XP machine is capable of being a mighty tool in downloading, listening, and even recording the soundtrack to your life. Just as CDs replaced 8-track tapes, cassettes, and vinyl for most people, digital music files could eventually revitalize your music collection and make you listen to your old music in new ways.
The problem is that most computers arrive at their homes set up to do the mundane word and number processing I described earlier. Windows XP Digital Music For Dummies is here to free your computer from those tasks and to make it work to bring you the best in music. About This Book. I cover both the hardware the actual parts of the computer and the software the programs run by your computer that you need to make your computer sing.
A lot of hardware, software, and virtual record stores are out there, and you'll want to know what you need before you go in and actually lay down your money. This book is your reference point for the world of music in a Windows XP digital music environment. You can read it from front to back and gain a. Conventions Used in This Book. Most of the programs I talk about in this book are menu driven, that is, you usually choose what you want to do from a list of commands or options pre- sented to you by the program.
To help you navigate these menus, I lead you through a series of commands to make the program do what you want. The instructions will be a choice followed by an arrow and the next step in the menu, as many times as necessary to get what you want. Sometimes I also show you keyboard shortcuts for commands that could make dealing with your computer a little easier.
This means that I have a lot of stories to share in various places during this book. However, they can give you some background or additional understanding of the topic at hand. You can excitedly study them for new nuggets of knowl- edge, or you can skip them without a second thought. Introduction 3. Foolish Assumptions. While Windows XP comes in two flavors Home and Professional , the differences — as far as audio and digital music programs are concerned — are nothing to worry about.
Therefore, I talk about it the most throughout this book. As you go on, you may choose to switch out your player with another one that makes more sense to you or works better with your system. I take a look at these other players in the book, but I mainly focus on Windows Media Player as the convenient and useful default.
How This Book Is Organized. This part explains what digital audio is and how you can recognize it when you see and hear it. Chapter 2 leads you through installing and connecting the parts you need to make your computer musical maybe a little more complicated than programming your VCR, but certainly less hassle than doing your taxes.
Chapter 3 guides you through basic audio operations in Windows XP how do I turn this down again? Finally, Chapter 4 takes a look at a special type of Windows XP that is designed to do nothing but play your media. Windows XP Media Center. Chapter 5 examines what you should look for in a media player and gives you an overview of some of the most popular entries on the market today. Chapter 6 shows you how to trans- fer your CDs or even the antiquities known as vinyl records to the realm of your computer.
Chapter 7 combines two of the things that make my life happy sorry, dear — shopping for music and the Internet. And Chapter 8 shows you how to dial in an Internet radio station and let someone else share his or her collection with you. This part takes a look at portable audio players and how to make them sing and dance. Chapter 9 goes over common features of the portable audio player and rates some well-known products. Part IV: Quiet in the Studio.
Chapter 11 shows you how to soup up your computer and make it a virtual studio. Chapter 12 starts you down the road to recording by looking at what to expect from digital music recording software.
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