In 2000, one of the biggest news stories was the rise of
Napster
and similar file-sharing
programs. With these programs, you could get an MP3
version of just about any song you want without shelling out a dime. The
record companies were fairly upset over this turn of events, and
understandably so: They weren't making any money off the distribution of their
product to millions of people.
But there was money to be made on the "Napster revolution," as
electronics manufacturers and retailers soon discovered. In 1999, 2000 and
early 2001, sales of CD burners and blank CD-Recordable discs skyrocketed.
Suddenly it was feasible for the average person to gather songs and make their
own CDs, and music-mix makers everywhere wanted to get their hands on the
means of production. Today, writable CD drives (CD burners) are standard
equipment in new PCs, and more and more audio enthusiasts are adding separate
CD burners to their stereo systems. In less than five years, CDs have eclipsed
cassette tapes as
the mix medium of choice.
In this article, you'll find out how CD burners encode songs and other
information onto blank discs. We'll also look at CD re-writable technology,
see how the data files are put together and find out how you can make your own
music mixes with a CD burner. There days there is so much more we can obtain
and copy from the internet other than MP3's so the burners are a godsend.
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