A music CD is only as high quality as the files on it.
A music CD only sounds as good as the files on it. You cannot make a high-quality CD from low-quality files. Once you acquire high-quality files, though, there are still several techniques to ensure they sound as good on the CD as they do on the computer. The process of making a CD is known as "burning." Though there's always a margin of error in burning, by freeing up memory on your computer, you can minimize the odds of making a less-than-perfect disc.
Instructions
1. Open your media player and create a new playlist. You can generally do this under the File menu by selecting "New Playist" or "Create Playlist."
2. Add all your high-quality files to the playlist in the order you wish them to appear on the CD. Locate the files in Windows Explorer and drag and drop them onto the playlist window.
3. Check the sound quality of your files. You can tell how good the file quality of a song is by looking at the "bitrate" from the "Get Info" or "Properties" function in iTunes, Windows Media Player or Winamp. Generally, anything above 192 kbps is considered to be high quality. If you have downloaded the files from iTunes or Amazon.com, they should be well above the cutoff.
4. Quit every open application except your media player.
5. Insert a blank CD-R into your computer's CD drive.
6. Begin burning your CD. On most media players, you will see a "Burn" or "Write" button when you select the playlist. Do not do anything else on your computer until the burn finishes. The more processing power a computer is using for other applications, the less it is using to burn your CD. The less processing power it is using to burn your CD, the more likely it is to create a skip or other imperfection.
7. Tell the computer to verify the disc after burning, if prompted. Not all players support this (iTunes is one that does).
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