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Detail of Output Plug-ins

Another option for converting MP3s, is a free program called Audacity that can not only import and export MP3 files in your choice of formats, but is also a basic multitrack editor. Audacity works on Macintosh, Windows, Linux and Free BSD.

Linking to this site is highly encouraged. I don't mind if you directly link to an audio feature from your station's homepage, as long as credit and a hyperlink are given to the CPB and to this site. I do have statistics available that show where people link from, so I can check for this. As the CPB provides these features free of charge, I believe that it is the least we can do to say thanks.

Since I have taken most of the pictures on this website, I usually don't have a problem with your station using these images to spruce up your homepage, but please ask me first, because I may not have the copyright to every image.