iPod Importing

Direct To Your iPod FAST!!

Drew's LP & Cassette
to iPod Tutorial

MP3 Players are great. You can take all the LP & Cassette tracks you've converted and serve them up anytime any place you happen to be. Most MP3 Players simply import the tracks we make. But the iPod uses its own format. So, no problem, here are a couple of quick steps to importing all your great LP and Cassette copies directly into iTunes.

NOTE CDs Not Needed: Most people think you have to burn CDs, then Rip the tracks into iTunes, but if you don't want CDs at all, then just import the tracks you've made as I'll show you below. All you do is import your MP3 tracks into iTunes and you're all set. And here's how to do it.

But First Convert To MP3. When you copy your LPs and Cassettes you make Wave Files. They sound the best because they aren't compressed. So if you are going to burn CDs, always make wave files. Plus you need wave files for the Click & Pop Filter and EQ because these restoration programs can't work on compressed files and MP3 files are compressed.

So just use the Batch Processor built into the DAK Wave Editor to convert all the Wave files you want to MP3. You can convert a few or thousands with one operation.

Now let's import your tracks into iTunes.

Your iTunes Interface.

OK, This is fast and easy. Launch iTunes on your computer.
Then, Just click the File Menu.

Using The File Menu

OK now you have a few choices.
If you just want to import one track, then

Arrow 1.) Choose Add File To Library. (Tracks of course are called files)

Arrow 2.) This is what you will probably use. This will load a whole folder into iTunes with one click.

NOTE: iTunes uses a really basic, but neat system when it Rips CDs. It creates a folder for each CD. I recommend doing that for each record. It makes things easier later. So, best to put each album or cassette in a folder and then import. Of course, you don't need to do this, it's just to keep things like everything else that goes into iTunes.

Navigate To The Folder With Your Tracks

This is just plain Windows. After you Click to add a file or folder, just Navigate to the folder you want.

Arrow 1.) This is the standard Windows Browse For Folder

Arrow 2.) Choose the folder you want. In this case it's a Limeliter Album I copied called Harmony. If you don't know the Limeliters, go to www.limeliters.com. They are the best of the best if you love folk music like I do.

Arrow 3.) Just click the OK button.

Convert To MP4/AAC Step 1

When you put tracks into iTunes they go to the 'Recently Added' Folder. So,

Arrow 1.) Click the Recently Added Button to see your new tracks.

Arrow 2.) You can view all your tracks here.

Convert To MP4/AAC Step 2

OK just Highlight all the new tracks. To do this click on the top track that you added, then HOLD DOWN the Sift key and click the last track you've added. This is a little track to highlight all the tracks. Then:

Arrow 1.) Right Click the highlighted tracks. They will stay highlighted and you'll see the menu appear.

Arrow 2.) Choose Convert Selection to AAC. Left click this. And you're done. ITunes will now turn these nice Wav or MP3 tracks into its proprietary MP4/AAC format that will then be downloaded into your iPod the next time your synchronize it.

NOTE: you can't edit or restore or do anything with MP4 tracks. They are proprietary. If you need to do something with them later, then burn them to a CD (you can use CDRWs if you like) and then use the DAK Ripper to rip them to MP3 or Wav so you can edit your tracks.

See The Conversion

There's nothing else you need to do. I just wanted to show you that when you click on the convert to AAC, you'll see this dialog at the top of your iTunes interface. It will show you the progress as each track being converted.

Now you know all you need to know about quickly converting all your LP, 45, 78 and cassette copies to use in your iPod. IPods are really great
Still have questions? Did I miss something (probably)? I'll add it if you write to me.

Enjoy. . . Drew

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