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Welcome to the MP3 file download area. Here you'll find musical compositions published in the popular MP3 audio file format which have been created solely by the site author. To play the files you first need to download the file to your computer. You can then use one of the many MP3 players that are available on the market (many of which are either freeware or shareware) to play the file back on your computer in digital stereo. The Microsoft IE5 browser download package includes an update to the Windows media player with support for MP3 files. Those lucky enough to own a portable MP3 player could even take those files on their travels with them... cool or what!
MP3 encoded files offer amazing sound quality for the size of the file. For example the song Intergalactic Tension occupied almost 36 megabytes of data as a windows .wav file (3.5 minutes of stereo audio sampled at 44.1 khz). Converting the .wav file to .mp3 format reduced the file size to just 3.25 megabytes, yet the quality of the resulting audio is not easily discernable from the original. Get youself an MP3 player and see what I mean (links provided at the end of this page).

MP3 Files
Song Name	Link	Artist	Size	Format
Intergalactic Tension	intergalactictension.mp3	Nigel Smith	3,332kb	encoded @ 128kbs

Please note that the author has created several other tracks. Unfortunately for the surfer, these tracks cover other artist's work and therefore in respect of copyright they have not been made available in the public domain. Only original material will be made available through this site...which means there won't be much of it!

How the MP3 file(s) were created?

The songs were created using the kit opposite. The main tracks were laid down via midi using the JV80 and the Cakewalk sequencer PC package. This allowed a greater number of tracks than was possible using the Yamaha multitracker. Once the shape of the song was complete, each JV80 stereo channel was fed into a separate channel of the Yamaha multitracker (during playback of the Cakewalk sequence).. A couple of extra audio tracks were then recorded into the spare Yamaha tracks using the Wersi organ to add colour. A final mix was then made to standard two track cassette tape machine (Aiwa). The tape tracks were digitized using the Cakewalk sequencer and saved as a standard windows .wav file. Adeptec Easy CD Creator software was used to convert the .wav file to CD audio format and to write the audio image to CD to provide convenient long-term playback. Selective .wav files were encoded into .mp3 format using Electronic Cosmo's MPEG suite software (freeware) for distribution on the Internet..

Wersi DX350 Organ
Roland JV80 Keyboard
Yamaha MT3x Multitracker (4-track)
Mackie Micro 1202 VLZ Mixer (12 channel)
Cakewalk 6.0 Sequencer software
Aiwa Stereo Cassette Deck
backpack CD-rewriter
Electronic Cosmo's MPEG suite
Sonique Media player (mp3)

MP3 Links For those interested in finding more .mp3 files or just more information about the mp3 format, the following links may prove useful.
http://mp3.lycos.com/	Good MP3 Portal (i.e. a good place to start!)
http://www.mp3.com	Most famous free MP3 web site.
http://www.emusic.com	Also has free downloads - new age stuff.
http://www.noisebox.com	Has some biggish name downloads.
http://www.rollingstone.com	Some free downloads, but registration necessary.
http://www.free-music.com	Free downloads.
http://www.nordicrecords.com	Lots of different tastes catered for.
http://www.music4free.com	Nothing mainstream, but generates its own stars.
http://www.winamp.com	Download the most popular free MP3 player here.
http://www.diamondmm.com	Portable personal stereo MP3 player.
http://www.mpman.com	Portable personal stereo MP3 player.
http://www.naiam.com/mp3info	Portable personal stereo MP3 player.
http://ec2000.xperiment.net	MP3 encoder software from Electronic Cosmo.
http://www.sonique.com	The MP3 PC player I use - it's really visual.