How to..... ...listen to the mixes broadcast on RagRadio (A Winamp Shoutcast Station) Hit the Broadcasting link to find out when the mixes are getting broadcast. When they are, open Winamp and push CTRL+L and type sc.ragradio.com:8000 to listen. (I think you can also listen by going to the website (http://www.ragradio.com); not sure though. ...encode the mixes to sound much better than 96kbs Use CDex to encode your mixes. It's free. In CDex go to Options--->Settings. Click the tab for Encoder. Set quality to High and VBR to VBR9 (make sure that the encoder being chosen is LAME MP3 Encoder; otherwise VBR will not be an option). Set Min. Bitrate to 32kbs. Now encode. ...make a mix You need mixing software. The following is the mixing software used by people who have made mixes: Cool Edit Pro $400 Cool Edit 2000 with Studio Plug In $119 MixVibes Professional$80 Mixmaster Pro$50 (Used for creating loops and original music/sounds to place in mixes) AcidWav $50 (Used for creating/manipulating/modifying loops, samples, etc. in mixes) Poor? You might wanna join the chat then and ask around....