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How to Make My Own Music Mix With Sound Effects

Creating music mixes is no longer relegated to professional disc jockeys. Anyone with a computer and a little creativity can produce personal playlists of favorite songs to post to the Internet or burn to a CD. Although most music software requires intermediate knowledge of audio production, My Mix 1.0 allows novice users to compile high-quality mixes in a matter of minutes. My Mix provides sound effects, volume control and cropping tools to seamlessly transition the end of one song into the beginning of another. According to Cnet Download.com's description, My Mix can even fix the playback quality of songs.

Things You'll Need

  • My Mix 1.0 software
  • MP3 music files
  • CD burner
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Instructions

    • 1

      Under the "Mix" tab, select "New." Type a title for the mix into the "Mix Name" field. Input the creator's name into the "DJ Name" blank.

    • 2

      Click the "File under" tab to select a mood that best describes the music to be mixed. Click "OK."

    • 3

      Click the "Add songs" button at the bottom of the My Mix interface. From the "browse files" pop-up box, navigate to the folder on the local computer containing the songs to be included in the music mix.

    • 4

      Click the song title then click "Open" within the pop-up box. The song will appear in the My Mix workspace.

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      The software will automatically and randomly choose a transition effect for each song. To change the transition type, click the purple "Transition" button to the right of the song title.

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      Click the speaker icon under "Preview" to listen to each transition effect before finalizing the mix. Click the timer icon under the "Edit" column to select the introduction and exit points of each song.

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      After arranging and editing each song in the mix, click "Manage" from the top menu. Choose "Export a mix" then click the name of the mix from the submenu.

    • 8

      Click an export format. From the pop-up box, click the "Save in" drop-down arrow to choose the folder or location to save the file to on the local computer. Click the "Save" button to begin the mixing process.

    • 9

      Find the saved mix on the local computer. Open the mix within a media player to hear and review the songs and transition effects.

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