Releasing the "Ride the Dragon" CD Step by Step | Live Coverage from Wide World of Sports

I will update this article after each step is completed.


Step 1:  convert all the master files from AIFF to WAV format

Check.  Now completed at 2:45 am


Step 2:  upload WAV files to CD Baby (likely to be complicated by forgotten password problems)

Live - Safari remembered my password better than I did so now this step proceeds

Final Music Converter is the software used to convert the files.  It does a good job and I got it for free or not much from Apple's App Store.

I hit a rock.  "The End of the World in Fort Worth" choked and it will take a bit of research to discover the problem.  All other files are uploaded as of 3:50 am.

Problem discovered as the audio quality for the track is not below CD quality but rather above it at 48K and CD Baby won't accept that so a few minutes are needed to down-sample it.

Note:  48K is the standard for DVD audio

SWITCH was used for the conversion and it's $19.95 from NCH Software but let me use it for free, I guess, as a trial.

Check.  Now completed at 4:25 am


Step 3:  proceed with rigmarole to get information associated with each song (time-consuming but easy)

Check.  Now completed at 3:30 am


Step 4:  upload the Ride the Dragon graphic you see above (easy)

Check.  Now completed at 3:00 am


Step 5:  commit to release the songs to iTunes (easy)

Check.  Now completed at 4:35 am

Note:  there will be a delay while CD Baby validates the content before beginning distribution but it usually doesn't take long.


Step 6:  post some sort of blather to announce what a wonderful thing I did (not easy at all)

Check.  This article will serve as the blather and I'll write another one with the contents of the CD.