Ripping a CD into MP3's

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Why you need to Rip your CD

So you have a website with Hostbaby.com? Awesome! And you have an album you'd like to post online? Even better! This is the time to learn how to rip a CD into an MP3 format. MP3's have basically become the online web standard for music, so in order to get started sharing your music online, you'll need to "Rip" your CD tracks into MP3's for people to listen to.

There are a number of ways to do this. This tutorial will discuss, what we find, to be the easiest way of ripping a CD.

Software!

You'll need a special program to do this task for you. Fortunately, there are a number of free options available for both the PC and the Macintosh!

For PC's use FreeRip

We found this software, FreeRip MP3s, to be great for PC users. This is a piece of freeware, with an opportunity to buy the "full" version of their software. You only need the free version to rip a CD, but feel free to purchase it if you really like it.

  1. Download and install the software from here: FreeRip MP3s
  2. Follow the installation instructions, as prompted.
  3. Once installed, follow their well documented steps for ripping a CD! MANUAL

PC's can use Window's Media Player as well

Windows Media player is the standard media player for PC computers. Windows will typically install a version of this software by default on your machine.

  1. To download/update your version of Windows Media Player, you'll need to go to the microsoft software download center, located HERE!
  1. Depending on your version of Windows Media Player, your procedure for ripping a CD may vary. Check out these instructions here for a general overview on how to do this (with Windows media player 11) Here!

For Mac's And PC's use iTunes

Typically, most if not all Macintosh users have iTunes on their machine. iTunes is PC friendly as well, so PC users can try out iTunes as well. Fortunately, ripping CD's with iTunes is also quite easy!

  1. If you don't already have iTunes installed, you'll want to download and install it from here!
  2. By default, iTunes will try to import your music as an MP4. We need MP3's for web use, so you'll need to go to your "Import settings".
    * Import settings are located at the bottom right of iTunes after inserting a CD. You'll want to make sure you have "Mp3 encoder" selected in your import settings
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  3. Follow along Apple's VIDEO instructions for importing an album here!
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