Some advise on the sound files (MP3 files)
This text supposes you use Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you use 'firefox' instead,
there are some tiny differences; they are described at the end of this page.
All recordings on this site ar subject to Copyright;
they may be downloaded for personal use only
Playing the music with a media player
- When clicking the link (which can be a button, or the word, 'download',
or the name of the music file)
you will see your media player pop-up. Usually some sort of counter indicates
the progress of the load-process. When enough music has been loaded, it will start playing.
- In some cases the playing of the music will be interrupted
every now and then, when you have to wait for more music to load over your
Internet connection. Just ignore this and wait till the song is downloaded completely.
The Media Player will stay on your screen. Just click the 'play -button
(a right-pointing triangle, just like on cassette recorders). This time round
it will play the song witout interruption.
Downloading the music and saving it on your computer
- If you played the music as described above, you can then save the music to your harddisk
(provided you have either a very old or a new version of Windows Media Player). Just
choose "Save as" on the "File" menu.
- If you planned to save the file anyway, this method is easyer: just click on
the link with your right mouse-button (instead of the 'normal'
left-button). You will get a menu, where you choose 'Save target as...'.
You are then asked to point to a location (folder) on
your hard-disk where you
want to save your music-file. A filename is already provided for you, but you can
change it if you want. Be sure to remember exactly where you
put the file.
The dialog-box has an Icon which allows you to make a new folder at a location
specified by you.
- To play the music, use the Windows
Explorer: find the music-file, and double-click on it.
- Most media players offer more sophisticated ways of organising your sound archive.
E.g.: organising 'songs' into 'play lists' etc. However, some public-domain (that is: free)
programs do a much better job. I'm not going into that
here now; if you wanna know more, just ask me.
Making a music-CD from the download music
- Most sound files come in a hi-fi and in a lo-fi version. To download
the hi-fi version you need either a fast connection or patience.
The hi-fi
files, apart from better sound quality, have the additional advantage that
you can easily put them on a normal music-CD. Any CD-burning program does it without
protest. The lo-fi files, though, can only be played by a computer or an MP3-player.
FireFox
If you useFirefox instead of MS-Internet Explorer, the main difference is only that,
after clicking a link, you will have to wait till the file has downloaded completely
before the windows Media Player starts and you hear any music. But you will hear it
without interruptions.
Furthermore, some words are different. Clicking with your right mouse-button will
present you with a menu where you should choose "Save link as...".
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