Sound and video files are huge. It takes a lot of data to re-create music, and even more to add video to that music. A song recorded in the uncompressed .wav format can use up 40-50 megs of hard drive space. The .Mp3 format can compresses that to about 4 megs without too much sound quality degradation. Thus, almost cd-quality music and video can be sent over the internet to users with simple-but-slow modem connections. You can download file sharing software to search for Blues or just simply go to a Web Site that features .Mp3 files and download the song you want to your hard drive. Using a free .Mp3 player, you can listen to the file and add it to a custom play list. Go to Radio Shack and buy a cable and appropriate adaptor and hook your sound card into your stereo.
MP3 Starter Kit:
- Download the free Winamp MP3 player
- Install Winamp
- Create a directory on you hard drive called "MP3"
- Download a Blues .Mp3
- Save it in your directory "MP3"
- Open Winamp
- Open Playlist
- Add the directory "MP3"
- Click on the song you downloaded
- Jam out
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