Gone are the days when compact discs (CDs) and hi-fi stereo systems go hand in hand. These days, you would probably put your CD into the computer, copy the tracks onto your hard drive, and enjoy your music from right there.
Now you can use the Nokia Music Manager to transfer the songs from your new CD into your phone.
Here’s a quick demo clip on Nokia Music Manager.
Converting music formats
Music has gone digital all thanks to the compression of audio files. Audio compression is a form of data compression designed to reduce the size of an audio file without compromising on sound quality. This means audio files can now be compressed, transmitted and stored more easily. Still unsure of which format to use?
There are many different digital audio formats. Among the most popular are the Windows Media® Audio, MP3 and AAC formats. Here’s the listing to the different formats we see around today.
• The Windows Media® Audio format is owned by Microsoft. Apart from sound data, WMA files can contain other information like copyright and licensing data.
• MP3 stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Formalized in 1995 after years of research, the MP3 format allows CD-quality audio to be compressed to less than one-tenth its original file size.
• AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding, and was developed after the MP3 format. It is a format accepted by most mobile phones and delivers an audio quality just as good, if not better, than MP3 files.
• eAAC is short for Enhanced AAC+, it was introduced in based on HE-AAC with parametric stereo processing. The use of AAC+ and EAAC+ is especially common on mobile phones.
Our personal favorite is the eAAC format. It allows you to have CD quality audio at half the size of normal audio files.
Meaning, you can now have double the amount songs on your phone with the same storage capacity with no compromise on the quality. You’ve got to try it to know what we’re talking about.
Here’s how to convert your files to eAAC+ format
For less fumble and more entertainment, it’s time you organize your music into playlists. A playlist is simply an organized collection of your digital music files. With Nokia Music Manager, you can sort your favorite tunes into different playlists and arrange the play sequence of the tracks so you can play the right songs every time.
Without proper organization, scrolling through the many music files to select the right track takes time. By organizing your music into playlist, you can search, select and play more efficiently, so you can get right down to grooving it up!
Here’s how…
