HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus User's Guide - C4381-90100

How to Make a Music CD 6-5
Chapter 6: Making Music
CDs
To record Wave files stored on your hard drive to a blank CD, follow
these steps:
1. Insert a blank CD into your CD-RW drive.
2. Select New CD Layout from the File menu or open an existing layout.
3. Click the Audio CD Layout tab.
4. Select the Wave files you want to record from Explorer and drag them to
the Audio CD Layout window.
5. To change the name of the song(s) see “Renaming Songs in Your CD
Layout” on page 6-8.
6. Select Create CD from the File menu when you have finished adding all
of the songs you want to record to your CD layout.
The CD Creation Setup box appears.
7. Make changes, if any, to the CD Creation Setup settings (see “CD
Creation Setup Settings” in the Easy-CD Audio Online Help for
descriptions) and click OK.
Easy-CD Audio begins recording your CD layout to a blank CD. A final
message box notifies you when the recording is complete.
NOTE: To make a sleeve that lists the artist, CD title, and songs, see ”Chapter
7: Making Inserts and Labels”.
Pre-recording Audio Tracks to Wave Files
Pre-recording audio tracks to Wave files on your hard drive is a way to:
■ Minimize swapping CDs in and out of your drive if you want to make
more than one copy
■ Add sound effects to customize the song (use a third-party sound
editor)
■ Improve the sound quality if your CD recording system is less than
optimal