Making CD's

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This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the answer may
be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles away, and
wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me and
maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and have
Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do I
need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow.
Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc
and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
 
You'll have to record the file to your hard drive, and then edit it from
there...once you have it set up as you like it, then burn to a CD
| This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the answer
may
| be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles away,
and
| wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me and
| maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and
have
| Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do I
| need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow.
| Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc
| and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
|
|
 
John said:
This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the answer
may
be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles away,
and
wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me and
maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and
have
Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do I
need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow.
Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc
and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
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Hello,

record to PC first and then CD. Why don't you phone instead? I am sure she
might appreciate that more than just another CD.
 
John said:
This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the
answer may
be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles
away, and
wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me
and
maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and
have
Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do
I
need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD
somehow.
Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age
etc
and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
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You'll need to record your voice tracks to the hard drive and then add
them to your CD between the music tracks. If your spoken segments will
be 60 seconds or less, you can use Windows Sound Recorder: Start|All
Programs|Accessories|Entertainment|Sound Recorder. Sound Recorder saves
its recordings as WAV files. If you want your spoken segments to be
longer than 60 seconds, you might try Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ You could even use Audacity to speak
over the top of a music file, as described in a couple of the tutorials
here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials

Regards,
Ian.
 
John said:
This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the answer may
be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles away, and
wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me and
maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and have
Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do I
need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow.
Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc
and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
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Look up Alexander Graham Bell. He invented something you may find
useful and she'll be more happy about you using.
 
This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the answer may
be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's of miles away, and
wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some voice input from me and
maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got W98, mike and CD writer and have
Nero etc. Is there a simple way of recording voice direct to CD, or do I
need to record direct onto PC (how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow.
Thanks for your time. It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc
and needs 24 hrs nursing care. John
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I have no answer to the original poster's question but I do have an
off-topic reply to the off-topic replies.

<sigh>

I in no way mean this to be brutal or acidic. But you need to
understand that each poster has her/his own reasons for making their
request. It would be helpful if, instead of whipping out the Junior
Psycho-Analyzer's Handy Dandy Pocket Diagnosis Chart and practicing
head games with the poster, you'd either answer her/his request or
remain silent.

As one who has struggled with the pain associated with having to put a
loved one in a full-time care facility I can assure you it is a gut-
and heart-wrenching decision...one that you never stop questioning or
feeling guilty for...even when all medical advice points that
direction.

Now, let's play a little game... Let's suppose that the original
poster's mother has been institutionalized due to Alzheimer's. Picking
up the phone will bring but momentary joy...joy soon to be forgotten
as near-term memory is usually the first to go.

But (let us suppose) what her reaction might be if the staff are able
to play and replay her favorite songs from the past interspersed with
voice samples of people she knew and loved from across the years.
Possibly most of these are now deceased and the only way in which they
could be "present" to cheer her would be in electronic form.

Maybe the OP wants to add a few words of introduction to each sound
clip. I really don't think that her/his choice of CD over telephone is
any indication of her/his love for or value of the mother. The fact
that s/he is thinking of and trying to prepare a gift for her/his
mother should be indication enough that the OP cares deeply about
their loved one.

Cheap (and ill-informed) shots from the peanut gallery do nothing to
advance the sense of community and global neighborliness that ought to
be among the benefits derived from interacting with one another here.

Finally, let me admit something... I have no actual idea WHY the OP
wants to do what s/he's proposed. I only put forth this one
possibility (among the many that must exist) for doing so to show that
perhaps, instead of playing mind games with one another, we might be
better served by either pertinent replies or by silence.

And now, hearkening back to my middle-years...

"Peace, dudes and dudettes."
 
Old Pony said:
I have no answer to the original poster's question but I do have an
off-topic reply to the off-topic replies.

<sigh>

I in no way mean this to be brutal or acidic. But you need to
understand that each poster has her/his own reasons for making their
request. It would be helpful if, instead of whipping out the Junior
Psycho-Analyzer's Handy Dandy Pocket Diagnosis Chart and practicing
head games with the poster, you'd either answer her/his request or
remain silent.

As one who has struggled with the pain associated with having to put a
loved one in a full-time care facility I can assure you it is a gut-
and heart-wrenching decision...one that you never stop questioning or
feeling guilty for...even when all medical advice points that
direction.

Now, let's play a little game... Let's suppose that the original
poster's mother has been institutionalized due to Alzheimer's. Picking
up the phone will bring but momentary joy...joy soon to be forgotten
as near-term memory is usually the first to go.

But (let us suppose) what her reaction might be if the staff are able
to play and replay her favorite songs from the past interspersed with
voice samples of people she knew and loved from across the years.
Possibly most of these are now deceased and the only way in which they
could be "present" to cheer her would be in electronic form.

Maybe the OP wants to add a few words of introduction to each sound
clip. I really don't think that her/his choice of CD over telephone is
any indication of her/his love for or value of the mother. The fact
that s/he is thinking of and trying to prepare a gift for her/his
mother should be indication enough that the OP cares deeply about
their loved one.

Cheap (and ill-informed) shots from the peanut gallery do nothing to
advance the sense of community and global neighborliness that ought to
be among the benefits derived from interacting with one another here.

Finally, let me admit something... I have no actual idea WHY the OP
wants to do what s/he's proposed. I only put forth this one
possibility (among the many that must exist) for doing so to show that
perhaps, instead of playing mind games with one another, we might be
better served by either pertinent replies or by silence.

And now, hearkening back to my middle-years...

"Peace, dudes and dudettes."
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Well said. Some of the previous posters were nauseating with their
self-righteous presumptuousness.

Sha
 
Old said:
I have no answer to the original poster's question but I do have an
off-topic reply to the off-topic replies.

<sigh>

I in no way mean this to be brutal or acidic. But you need to
understand that each poster has her/his own reasons for making their
request. It would be helpful if, instead of whipping out the Junior
Psycho-Analyzer's Handy Dandy Pocket Diagnosis Chart and practicing
head games with the poster, you'd either answer her/his request or
remain silent.

As one who has struggled with the pain associated with having to put a
loved one in a full-time care facility I can assure you it is a gut-
and heart-wrenching decision...one that you never stop questioning or
feeling guilty for...even when all medical advice points that
direction.

Now, let's play a little game... Let's suppose that the original
poster's mother has been institutionalized due to Alzheimer's. Picking
up the phone will bring but momentary joy...joy soon to be forgotten
as near-term memory is usually the first to go.

But (let us suppose) what her reaction might be if the staff are able
to play and replay her favorite songs from the past interspersed with
voice samples of people she knew and loved from across the years.
Possibly most of these are now deceased and the only way in which they
could be "present" to cheer her would be in electronic form.

Maybe the OP wants to add a few words of introduction to each sound
clip. I really don't think that her/his choice of CD over telephone is
any indication of her/his love for or value of the mother. The fact
that s/he is thinking of and trying to prepare a gift for her/his
mother should be indication enough that the OP cares deeply about
their loved one.

Cheap (and ill-informed) shots from the peanut gallery do nothing to
advance the sense of community and global neighborliness that ought to
be among the benefits derived from interacting with one another here.

Finally, let me admit something... I have no actual idea WHY the OP
wants to do what s/he's proposed. I only put forth this one
possibility (among the many that must exist) for doing so to show that
perhaps, instead of playing mind games with one another, we might be
better served by either pertinent replies or by silence.

And now, hearkening back to my middle-years...
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Totally agree, far too much of it on Usenet these days I'm afraid.
 
John said:
This is a bit of daft question for some of you, as I predict the
answer may be obvious, but not to me. I've an elderly Mother, 100's
of miles away, and wanted to send her a regular audio CD with some
voice input from me and maybe a few odd tracks of music. I've got
W98, mike and CD writer and have Nero etc. Is there a simple way of
recording voice direct to CD, or do I need to record direct onto PC
(how & Where) and then paste to CD somehow. Thanks for your time.
It's just that she is away from home, due to age etc and needs 24 hrs
nursing care. John
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You can't record direct toCD. Do what Ionizer said plus...

1. Make sure the recording is saved as PCI wave, 16 bit stereo. Save
the recordings where you can easily find them - Desktop is OK.

2. Use your burning program to make an Audio disc. You can mix up your
voice recordings and music waves without problem. However, don't use
packet burning ("drag and drop to a drive letter like a big floppy") to
increase compatibility with her stereo. If it is old, it may still not
play home made discs.

3. Delete the waves after burning (unless you want them), they take
10.3MB per minute of HD space.

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
John, one advantage is sending a CD (nice that she is computer literate
enough to do this) is that your mother will listen to the same CD over and
over again vs a telephone call which is a one time contact. My experience
with my mom-in law is that a photo album we send to her gets looked at many
times over and over again bringing back some memories. Similarily, she
probable will listen to any CD you send many times.

The advice and descriptions from dadiOH and others should do the job but you
will have to learn how to get around the procedure. Once you get it, is
straigh forward.

For a voice track, I believe you plug the mike into the microphone input on
your sound card, and Audiocity picks up the signal there. The voice and
music tracks could be separate tracks on your hard drive, then when done,
burn them on a CD in the order you want.

Check out dadiOH's web site for a great tutorial on what's involved.
Try: http://mysite.verizon.net/xico/dadiOH-light.htm

--
Dave C.

(e-mail address removed)9et

Remove the five 9's (leave the 4) for email.
 
Thanks to all who responded. It seems a little less challenging technically
than I first thought. For various reasons, phone calls are not what I had
in mind anyway. I admit I found some of the responses a little 'mystifying'.
Thanks to those who grasped simply and empathically what I wanted to do.
This group always seems quite a sane and supportive place, most of the time.
Some of the software I've read about here, and found on Pricelessware over
the last few years has been quite fantastic, and saved me £000's. thanks to
all who contribute.
John
 
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Applause! Applause! Applause! It's sooooo refreshing to read something of
wisdom among all the dribble!
Sometimes this type post is necessary when things get too rambuntious!
Kinda like walking in and saying
"AT EASE!" <g>
 
Old Pony wrote:
....
I in no way mean this to be brutal or acidic. But you need to
understand that each poster has her/his own reasons for making their
request. It would be helpful if, instead of whipping out the Junior
Psycho-Analyzer's Handy Dandy Pocket Diagnosis Chart and practicing
head games with the poster, you'd either answer her/his request or
remain silent.

As one who has struggled with the pain associated with having to put a
loved one in a full-time care facility I can assure you it is a gut-
and heart-wrenching decision...one that you never stop questioning or
feeling guilty for...even when all medical advice points that
direction.

Now, let's play a little game... Let's suppose that the original
poster's mother has been institutionalized due to Alzheimer's. Picking
up the phone will bring but momentary joy...joy soon to be forgotten
as near-term memory is usually the first to go.

But (let us suppose) what her reaction might be if the staff are able
to play and replay her favorite songs from the past interspersed with
voice samples of people she knew and loved from across the years.
Possibly most of these are now deceased and the only way in which they
could be "present" to cheer her would be in electronic form.

Maybe the OP wants to add a few words of introduction to each sound
clip. I really don't think that her/his choice of CD over telephone is
any indication of her/his love for or value of the mother. The fact
that s/he is thinking of and trying to prepare a gift for her/his
mother should be indication enough that the OP cares deeply about
their loved one.
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....

It's sobering to have this perspective -- a potential real situation
(although we may be reading things into what's actually the case).
I'll add a different perspective:

Consider using tape cassettes instead of CDs.
I've been involved with audio for a long time, and issues of media
compatibility raise their (ugly) heads at times. I've recently
discovered that the newer cheap CD drives in popular products (like an
RCA clock radio/CD I just bought) won't play certain brands (hint: Sony)
of CDRs without skipping. I can see the disk wobbling in the drive,
which by no means holds the disk as precisely and firmly as does my
Plextor burner or any component stereo player I've got. I don't envision
said mother-in-the-nursing-home with a component stereo system! The type
of suspect drive I'm talking about doesn't have a loading drawer and
doesn't hold the disk with a clamping assembly. The cheap drive is open
from the top or side; the user mounts the disk directly on the hub --
the disk is held in place by _three ball bearings._ Such a low-cost
drive may be fine for playing _perfectly made_ CDs, but do you know that
your disks are made to precise tolerances?

If you wish, you can transfer sound from your computer directly to a
good home stereo cassette deck, and those tapes should play perfectly on
any cassette device. Just don't use junky cassettes, and pay attention
to the nature of the plastic storage box: said company mentioned earlier
has strange ideas about the purpose of this little case, and has
designed them flippantly of late. We want these boxes to keep dirt off
the cassettes and to have sane tactility (hint, hint).

Richard
 
Helen said:
<snipped EXCELENT post>
Applause! Applause! Applause! It's sooooo refreshing to read something of
wisdom among all the dribble!
Click to expand...

Except for the title of the post:
There is no apostrophe in "CDs." "CDs" is a plural.
"My CD's label is peeling off." That's possessive (the label belonging
to the CD), and it's exactly where we use the apostrophe. Using this for
plurals confuses people. Drives me nuts. (Ahhh: "nut's".)

Richard
 
Richard said:
Except for the title of the post:
There is no apostrophe in "CDs." "CDs" is a plural.
"My CD's label is peeling off." That's possessive (the label belonging
to the CD), and it's exactly where we use the apostrophe. Using this for
plurals confuses people. Drives me nuts. (Ahhh: "nut's".)

Richard
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Applause! Huzzah! Bravo, Richard, bravo!
Apostrophe abuse is becoming pandemic, along with the
incorrect homophone (there/their/they're, breech/breach,
etc.) and the ever-more-popular substitution of "loose"
for "lose."

{rant against a rising tide of marginal literacy snipped}
 
Richard said:
Except for the title of the post:
There is no apostrophe in "CDs." "CDs" is a plural.
"My CD's label is peeling off." That's possessive (the label belonging
to the CD), and it's exactly where we use the apostrophe. Using this for
plurals confuses people. Drives me nuts. (Ahhh: "nut's".)

Richard
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Pedant! :) But I heartily concur, agree and otherwise support your
statement(s). It's annoying.
 
Marten said:
Applause! Huzzah! Bravo, Richard, bravo!
Apostrophe abuse is becoming pandemic, along with the
incorrect homophone (there/their/they're, breech/breach,
etc.) and the ever-more-popular substitution of "loose"
for "lose."

{rant against a rising tide of marginal literacy snipped}
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Ensure? Insure?
Insure your car to ensure that accidents are covered.

Richard

Richard
 
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