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...Bennett, who is also the managing editor of the Unofficial Guides, president of the Pforzheimer Music Society, conductor of the soon-to-be implemented Tuscany Orchestra and a Transfer Link (having transferred to Harvard from DePaul University), values his very limited free time. He enjoys listening to MP3s and has eclectic musical tastes that run from techno to top 40. "I like going out a lot. I think working on the Unofficial Guide made me really appreciate everything that Boston and Cambridge has to offer, so especially if it's nice out, I have a hard time staying...
...column about "burning" your own CDs, I said you could compress CDs to the MP3 format (roughly a tenth the original size), then record the songs to a CD-R disc. But how would you play it? Answer: only on your computer. If you want to play MP3s in your CD player, you need to convert the tunes to .wav files--MusicMatch and Real.com's software will do that--then burn them. The files, of course, will expand tenfold. So forget about squeezing 10 albums onto...
...portable CD player. The solution was a CD-R disc, which can hold up to 74 minutes of audio and worked just fine on my portable player, my PC and my Mac. You'll have to go to the Net to find conversion software that allows you to burn MP3s onto CDs and play them in your Discman, however. None was included. Why? Why? Why? I never got a good answer, but I worked out my frustrations on the exploding driving range...
...more on MP3s and other music software, visit timedigital.com Questions for Quittner? E-mail him at jquit@well.com
...week's stars. Who?Wha?Huh? It's all here: learn the truth behind the Mode Mode's spastic onstage hijinks! 98%--exactly how funky are they? discover the double life of Putney Swope, folksters by day and thrashing mod-rockers by night! and finally, an interview with usagipop--mp3s included...