PBrockus Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Looking to download music into the software to create music files. What is the best/easiest way to go about this? Amazon or iTunes? Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Both work the same so its your preference. Use MP3 format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 before YOU PUT MUSIC FILES INTO LOR CHANGE BIT RATE AND ADJUST VOLUME SO ALL SONGS ARE THE SAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zman Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 MP3 or WAV works. If you do use MP3 it needs to be 128 Kbps CBT. You can use freeware like Audacity to accomplish the conversion. Here is a link to the LOR User guide: http://www1.lightorama.com/PDF/Audacity_Lame_128KbpsRevA.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chandlerthedog Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I used songs from ITunes. When I added them to my sequence the songs worked well at first then they corrupted the program. It took me a while to figure out. Luckily I had a song from my Halloween show that worked (it wasn’t from ITunes and this is how I figured out the issue). I ended up re-recording the songs using a free song editor program I got from the net and then re-adding them to the sequence and they worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zman Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I used songs from ITunes. When I added them to my sequence the songs worked well at first then they corrupted the program. It took me a while to figure out. Luckily I had a song from my Halloween show that worked (it wasn’t from ITunes and this is how I figured out the issue). I ended up re-recording the songs using a free song editor program I got from the net and then re-adding them to the sequence and they worked fine. To save yourself effort, and sound quality, there are freeware apps that will convert iTunes to anything you want, WAV or MP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I have downloaded music on my phone from down load sites. No its not pirating. Songs are free then i just move them on to my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 If you need to convert, iTunes does have the capability for conversion in the program. Not sure why chandlerthedog had problems. iTunes is the only thing I have used so far without issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzaas Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I have downloaded music on my phone from down load sites. No its not pirating. Songs are free then i just move them on to my computer.It is pirating unless you pay for it. Music artists don't work for free. Do you work for free? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Constantino Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The best way is to buy the CD and copy it strait to your PC with no conversion as a Wav file. This way there will be no data loss. MP3, MP4, iTunes to Wav conversions all have compression of some type and are not full bandwidth. They don't sound good. Example:iTunes download, MP3, file size maybe only 2,900KBiTunes download MP3 conversion to Wav, file size 12MBCD copy to PC no conversion Wav file size 40MB Remember you can't get something from nothing. If the data is not there to begin with you can't convert it and get it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry72 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 It is pirating unless you pay for it. Music artists don't work for free. Do you work for free?They are sights that have already payed for the music. If they were Illegal you would not be able to down load the APP. At least learn what yer talking about before trying to bust on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The best way is to buy the CD and copy it strait to your PC with no conversion as a Wav file. This way there will be no data loss. MP3, MP4, iTunes to Wav conversions all have compression of some type and are not full bandwidth. They don't sound good. Example:iTunes download, MP3, file size maybe only 2,900KBiTunes download MP3 conversion to Wav, file size 12MBCD copy to PC no conversion Wav file size 40MB Remember you can't get something from nothing. If the data is not there to begin with you can't convert it and get it back. +1 And if you want to save a little space and have metadata embedded, try FLAC, for archival purposes, FLAC stands for Free LOSSLESS Audio Codec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Saunders Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I too use iTunes as well as importing CD to iTunes to have on file. I make a WAV copy then use Audacity to convert that WAV file to MP3 128 CBR. Been doing this for over 4 years with no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Its one thing to have great audio files for the music we listen to everyday and another thing to broadcast that same song over a cheap FM transmitter where we all know puts out only the highest quality sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Constantino Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Every year I have a professional PA set up out side. As well as a BW Broadcast TX5 V2 FM transmitter. So having a good quality audio source is key. If you have a good quality source to start with then if you run it through a cheap transmitter you will be better off then if you have a poor quality source going through a cheap transmitter. Just my opinion. Edited January 25, 2014 by Steve Constantino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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