Installing Software used in the Digital Sound and Music Workshop

Updating Windows Media Player (Media player, CD recorder and burner) 

1. Connect to the Internet and launch Windows Media Player (Start => Programs => Accessories => Entertainment => Windows Media Player).  
2. Click Help => Check for Player Updates.  Follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: If your computer uses Windows XP, you should update to Window Media Player 10, which can copy audio CDs into MP3 format (older version copy only to WMA format).
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Installing Audacity (Free sound recorder/editor, versions for PC or Mac)

1. Put the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.  
2. Open My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software => Audacity=> audacity-win-1.2.4b.exe.  Alternatively, you can go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and download the latest version. Note: there is also a Macintosh version of Audacity in the Mac Software folder.
3. Click Next, I accept the agreement, Next, Next, Next, Next, Install.
4. Open My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software => Audacity and copy lame_enc.dll to the Audacity program folder (My Computer => Local Disk (C:) => Programs Files => Audacity). (This step is necessary if you wish to save mp3 files). 
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Installing MusicMatch (CD recorder that converts songs to MP3 files) 

1. Put the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.  Open (double-click or right-click and select Open) My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software => MusicMatch CD Recorder => mmsetup.  
2. On the "Welcome" screen, click Next.
3. On the next screen, click Yes.
4. On the "User Registration" screen, fill in your year of birth, email, and country (it need not be your real email address).
5. On the "Personal music recommendations" screen, click No and then click Next.
6.  On the "Install Options" screen, click Custom and then Next.
7.  On the "Choose installation location" screen, click Next.
8.  On the "Choose music folder location" screen, click Next.
9.  On the "Setup radio cache" screen, click No and then Next.
10.  On the "Select Program Folder" screen, click Next.
11.  On the "MUSICMATCH shortcuts" screen, click Next.
12.  On the "Filetype Registration" screen, un-check all the boxes and then click Next.
13. On the "Setup complete" screen, un-check "Run MusicMatch".
14. Close all the open windows.
15. To run MusicMatch, right-click on the MusicMatch JUKEBOX icon on the desktop, or click Start => Programs => MusicMatch =>MusicMatch Jukebox..
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Installing WinKaraoke (computer karaoke player). Windows only

1. Put the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.  Open (double-click or right-click and select Open) My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software => WinKaraoke program => setup.exe.  
2. On the next screen, click OK.
3. Click the big square button with the picture of a computer on it.
4. Click Continue
5. Click Yes.
6. Click OK. The installation will complete.
7. This step copies the Karaoke example files on the CD to the WinKaraoke program folder, so you can play these karaoke files without having the CD in the computer. Open My Computer => CD Drive => Karaoke examples.  Click Edit => Select All.  If your computer has Windows XP, click "Copy the selected items" under File and Folder Tasks on the left, then in the Copy Items box navigate to C: => Program Files => Winkaraoke Player 1.5, then click Copy.  If you are not using Windows XP, you will have to drag and drop the karaoke example files from the CD into C: => Program Files => WinKaraoke Player 1.5.
8. To run WINKaraoke Player,  click Start => Programs => WinKaraoke Player 1.5 =>WinKaraoke Player 1.5.
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Installing Sweet MIDI Player (MIDI player and editor for PC and Mac)

1. Put the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.  Open (double-click or right-click and select Open) My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software.
2. Drag the "Sweet MIDI Player" folder to your desktop.
3. To run Sweet MIDI Player, open the "Sweet MIDI Player" folder and open "Swmipl32.exe".
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Installing CoolEdit (alternative sound recorder/editor) Windows only

1. Put the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.  Open (double-click or right-click and select Open) My Computer => CD Drive =>Windows Software => CoolEdit sound editor installer => c96setup.  
2. On the "Welcome" screen, click OK.
3. On the "Select directory" screen, click OK.  (If you get an error message, click Ignore).
4. On the "Audio file associations" screen, click No.
5. On the "Peak file..." screen, click No.
6. On the "Temporary directory" screen, click OK.
7. On the "Start menu" screen, click Add.
8. On the "Run now?" screen, click No.
9. Close all the open windows.
10. To run CoolEdit,  click Start => Programs => Syntrilliuim =>Cool Edit 96.
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Note: You only need to install these programs once, for each computer you want them on.  After the are installed, you can use them without re-installing.  Once these programs are  installed, you do not need to have the Digital Sound and Music CD-ROM in the computer to run the programs, unless you want to open one of the sound files on that disk.

(c) Tom O'Haver (toh@umd.edu), February 2006