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Working with Digital Music

You can play music on your computer, create custom audio CDs, and check music out to portable digital music devices, such

as Net MD players and Network Walkman Digital Music Players.

Your computer is equipped with SonicStage software, which employs Sony's OpenMG copyright protection technology

and advanced ATRAC3 audio file format. These features enable you to enjoy digital music while protecting the rights of

You can enjoy digital music with SonicStage software in a wide variety of ways:



Play and record music from audio CDs—SonicStage software enables you to play your audio CDs and record audio

tracks to your computer. Music tracks recorded to your computer can be combined into Playlists and checked out to

portable music devices so you can take your music with you.

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Create custom audio CDs—On computer models equipped with a CD recording device, you can create custom audio

CDs from your SonicStage Playlists, mixing tracks from different sources and artist.

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Make backup copies of your audio CDs—On computer models equipped with a CD recording device, SonicStage

software's Backing Up Audio CDs utility makes it easy to create backup copies of your audio CDs.

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Use Playlists to organize and manage your music—SonicStage software's powerful, hierarchical Playlist feature

enables you to organize the music you've imported into the SonicStage program. You can create lists of songs

categorized by artist or genre and place a shortcut to the list onto your desktop with Microsoft

Windows

operating

system for one-click playback of your favorite music.



Download music from Electronic Music Distribution (EMD) services on the Internet

—Electronic Music Distribution

services are Internet-based subscription services that allow you download music tracks from the World Wide Web.

Using EMD services with SonicStage software enables you to download music tracks, include them in your Playlists,

and check them out to your portable digital music devices.

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Import audio files from your computer—SonicStage software enables you to import MP3 and WAV audio files

stored on your computer so they can be added to Playlists and recorded to CD.

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Enjoy karaoke-type effects during music playback—The Vocal Canceler effect can suppress the vocal track from

most music during playback. This effect also enables you to shift the pitch of music to suit your vocal range. Used

together, these features make it easy to sing along with your favorite music, turning your computer into a karaoke

system.Vocal Canceler works only with stereo music clips.

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Enjoy a Visualizer light show during music playback—The Visualizer feature of SonicStage software performs a

colorful light show on your computer's screen to match your music as it plays.

SonicStage software has a tutorial that can help you get started. The tutorial lists common tasks and directs you to the

appropriate SonicStage feature that performs the task.

To view SonicStage software Help

From the Windows

taskbar, point to all programs, and then click SonicStage.

From the SonicStage main window, click Help from the menu bar, and then click SonicStage Help.

U s e of an E M D service requires I nternet acc ess and separate subscription to the EM D service. T he Sonic Stage software supports only EMD services

compatible with O penMG technology. Refer to the online H elp within the SonicStage software for details .

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