How To Burn Music to a CD

Here is my experience when burning my music to a CD. To burn music to a CD, you need the burning CD software (here, I use Nero StartSmart) and the CD-RW driver (I'm using 52x32x52x speed LG).

1. Run Nero StartSmart. On Audio menu then choose Make Audio CD.
2. Add music you want to burn:
   • On My Audio CD window, click Add button (see the red rectangle in the screenshot below).
   • On Select Files and Folders window, click music folder and then select music files. Click Add button (see the red rectangle in the screenshot below).
   • To select others music files in others folders, just click Add button and select music files.
   • Click Finished button (see the blue rectangle in the screenshot below).
3. When editing the music title, normalize all audio files and no pause between tracks.
   • In My Audio CD window,
   • Click current music title, Press F2 button, type new music title then press Enter.
   • Select Normalize all audio files option and No pause between tracks option (see the red rectangle in the screenshot below). No pause between tracks is used to remove the two-second pause between songs, to free up more space on the CD and is only supported in disc-at-once mode.
   • Click Next (see the blue rectangle in the screenshot below).
4. Burning Process
   • On Final Burn Settings window,
   • In Title (CD Text) section, type the title of CD. In Artist (CD Text) section, type the name of artist.
   • Enter your blank CD-R or CD-RW to the CD-RW driver.
   • To start burning, Click Burn button and you will see the status window of the burning process.
   • When it's completed, you will be notified that the burn process has completed successfully.
5. Creating CD Cover
   If you burn your own music, you need a CD Cover. Here, I use Nero Cover Designer.
   • Run Nero StartSmart.
   • On Extras menu, click Make Label or Cover.
   • Click Standard, Empty Document, click OK.
6. In Design Booklet (Front) section, right click (see the red text 'Right click in here' in the screenshot below), select Background Properties.
   • On Background Properties window, click File button (see the yellow rectangle in the screenshot below), select CD cover that you have designed in jpg file, then click Open (see the blue rectangle in the screenshot below).
   • Click OK.
   • Repeat step 6 to design Booklet (Rear), Inlay, and Disk.
7. Print all CD cover (Booklet, Inlay, Disk).
   • Click File menu, Print, click OK.
   • If you want to print only the disk cover, in Print window, click elements tab and then unselect the others (booklet and inlay).

Now, you have finished burning music to a CD. I suggest that you burn your own music to a CD, not that of other artists. Don’t break the copyright law. If you want to publish your music, make sure you understand the copyright first.