CD Instructions

Our CDs are very complex with a lot of information and a very wide spectrum of frequencies [tones]

When you go to put a CD on an MP3, the program compresses the music, i.e. removes many frequencies; most people don’t notice the difference. However, it is there! According to a recent article in Discover Magazine, “as much as 85 percent of what is actually recorded [is left out]”. June 2011 p.24.

 I figured that there must be a way to do it without compression.

According to Apple, if you do it with their LossLess program, there is no compression. However, in talking with some sound recording engineers, they find there is some, if not a lot. But with our CDs, we don’t want you to lose anything.

Now for the GOOD NEWS: There is a simple way to import without compression.

iTunes Instructions

For those of you that have iTunes, here is a way to put our complex CDs on your iPod without losing any of our specific frequencies and effectiveness:

• Take your CD and insert into your computer.
• In the iTunes menu bar click on iTunes, then Preferences, then General.
• Click on the Import Setting button.
• Import Using: WAV Encoder
• Hit OK. Then hit OK on the Preferences/General window.
• Then download your CD as usual
• When you are finished, eject the CD.
• Now find the CD you just imported, and click on it.
• GO to the iTunes menu bar at the top of the screen and click on View.
• Click on View Options: check “kind” ; hit OK.

You will now be able to see what kind of file you just downloaded. It should say WAV.

• Drag the CD/music to your iPod Icon.

This will take more time to load than normal and will definitely take up more space on your iPod, but you will get all of your frequencies and special sounds/overtones on it.

• Now on the iTunes sidebar, under the iPod Icon, click on MUSIC – your list of songs on your iPod will appear.
• Go to the iTunes menu bar at the top of the screen and click on View.
• Click on View Options: check ‘Kind’ ; hit OK.

You should now be able to see in your iPod list of songs, what kind of files you downloaded. The one you just downloaded should be a WAV.