Starting Easy-CD Audio

• In Windows 95, click the START button located on the left side of the taskbar
• Select PROGRAMS, point to [name of CD recording unit], and select MAKE MUSIC CDs
• Easy-CD Audio Wizard window appears

• Start Easy-CD Audio
• Follow the on-screen instructions in the Wizard windows
• A list of audio tracks you are adding to planned CD appears in main Easy-CD Audio window
• A final message box notifies you when the recording is complete

• Select NEW CD LAYOUT from the File menu or open an existing CD layout
• Click the AUDIO CD LAYOUT tab: The top part of the window is Windows Explorer, from where tracks can be selected for recording. The bottom part is the Audio CD Layout window, where the contents of the CD layout can be viewed. A click-and-drag operation makes it possible to change the order of tracks in the layout.
• Insert source CD, which contains the tracks to be recorded, into CD-RW drive [It is possible to record directly from a CD-ROM drive only it it supports digital audio extraction]
• In the Explorer section of the window, select the drive where the source CD is located to view the list of tracks on the CD
• Drag the tracks to be recorded from Explorer to the Audio CD Layout window [To change name of a track, select it Audio CD Layout window, select RENAME in the Track menu, and type new name in the text box]
• Repeat three prior steps for each existing CD from which tracks are being recorded
• Select CREATE CD from File menu when all desired tracks placed in Audio CD Layout window
• CD Creation Setup box appears
• Makes changes, if any, to CD Creation Setup settings and click OK
• Easy-CD Audio begins recording CD layout to a blank CD
• Insert a blank CD when prompted
• A final message box indicates when recording is complete

• Insert a blank CD into CD-RW drive
• Select NEW CD LAYOUT from the File menu or open an existing layout
• Click AUDIO CD LAYOUT tab
• Select Wave files to be recorded from Explorer and drag them to Audio CD Layout window
• If necessary, repeat renaming process outlined in previous section
• Select CREATE CD from the File menu when tracks to be recorded added to CD layout
• CD Creation Setup box appears
• Make changes, if any, to CD Creation Setup settings and click OK
• Easy-CD Audio begins recording CD layout to a blank CD
• A final message box indicates when recording is complete

          A.  Advantages:

• Minimizes swapping CDs in and out of drive if more than one copy is desired
• Makes possible adding sound effects to customize song
• Can improve sound quality if CD recording system less than optimal
•                                                                                                                                                                                  B.  Can pre-record one Wave file at a time. Pre-recording consists of the following steps:

• Insert source CD [use of other software--e.g., minidiscs, vinyl records, audiocassettes--requires modification of these steps], which contains tracks to be pre-recorded to hard drive, into CD recorder
• Click AUDIO CD LAYOUT tab
• Select audio track to be pre-recorded from Explorer and drag it into Audio CD Layout window
• Highlight audio track inAudio CD Layout window
• Select PRE-RECORD to WAV FILE from the Track menu [Note: Pre-recording audio tracks to Wave files requires approximately 10 MB of hard drive memory for one minute of music]
• Type in file name for Wave file and choose a different location on hard drive if you don't wish to record Wave file to Temp directory
• Click SAVE
• Easy-CD Audio pre-records Wave file to hard drive
• A final message box indicates when recording is complete

Note: It is possible to generate a CD containing tracks from both pre-recorded Wave files stored on hard drive and from audio tracks on an existing CD.