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How do I get MP3s onto an audio CD so I can play it in my car or home stereo cd player?

Now it gets interesting!  You can put MP3s on a normal CD!  What's the trick?  You have to convert the MP3 files to uncompressed WAV files first!  And, alas, WAV files are about 10 times larger than MP3s.  Thus, you are limited to 74 minutes of audio per CD.

Why put MP3s on an audio CD?
You can make custom audio compilations!  First, you can rip your entire music collection to your computer's hard drive.  Then, mix and match songs from your favorite artist to create the perfect mix CD. (Remember the old days of the 'mix tape'.)

How do I put MP3s to an audio CD?
Burn them! To actually get the MP3s onto a CD, you'll need to have a CDRW drive or CD-recorder drive.  These are enhanced CD-ROM drives that can actually burn CDs with a laser beam.  The drives use blank CD-R and CD-RW discs.  Click here for more help on buying a CD recorder drive. 

After you have the CD recorder hardware, you'll find that it ships with some all-purpose CD-R burning software called Easy CD Creator.  Due to the many options and parameters given to the user, many people find it difficult to create an audio CD that plays in a standard audio player.  Also, many of the bundled programs do not burn directly from an MP3 file.  They require a WAV file.  If you decide to just convert MP3s to WAVs and use your bundled CD Burner software, check out this easy to use MP3 To Wave Converter.  

Get the right software to get the job done!  If you don't want to convert MP3s to WAV files, you'll want a program that can burn audio cds directly from MP3 files!  There are some software programs that make it very easy to put together a custom compilation CD.  Here are a few : MP3 CD Maker ($29.95) , Tunespark ($29.95) and our own easy to use MP3 CD Burner software ($29.95).

Once you have the software, you need to follow the instructions in the software to add your MP3s to the MP3 CD Burning software.  Here is a walkthrough of our MP3 CD Burner software.

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