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Make a custom mix CD


Step 3: Design a CD cover
You've expended the time and effort to craft a genius mix, so why slap your creation in a generic cardboard envelope with handwritten track listings? Instead, give your mix a cover that's worthy of its contents with AudioLabel, a handsome and intuitive application that takes the pain out of designing basic jewel-box sleeves. AudioLabel makes it simple to add text to your cover and offers tools for manipulating font style, size, and colour. And if you're feeling lazy, the program will automatically import track information from a CD with the press of a button. AudioLabel comes with nearly 50 pieces of clip art, though you can use your own images for backgrounds or cover shots. Once you've printed out your cover and disc label, grab a Stanley knife, cut out the cover, and slap it in the jewel case.


Go the extra mile: create a cover for your disc with AudioLabel.
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If you want to use certain songs from different CDs, iTunes can rip the files and import them to your library. When you insert a compact disc into your PC, a window with several options will appear. Scroll through the choices, select "Import songs using iTunes", and click OK. The program will then rip the entire disc to your hard drive and add all the tracks to your music library.

Once all the songs are on your PC, it's time to assemble them into a mix. Go to the File menu item, select New Playlist (or click the left column of the iTunes interface and type Ctrl+N), and name it. Head back to your Library, select a track, drag it to the playlist, and repeat the process until the mix is complete. You can reorder the sequence by browsing to the playlist and dragging the songs around.

 

 
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