Installation is straightforward, using 100 to 300 megabytes of disk space depending on the options you choose. If you don't have IE 4.01 or above installed, the setup will automatically add Internet Explorer 5. Though it doesn't seem to interfere with another default browser, some users may find the sudden appearance of Internet Explorer disconcerting. Once installed, Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe provides a simple, task-based menu for its main applications.
New users can get assistance with basic tasks through help files, advisors and a new animated guide.
When recording audio CDs, you can get artist and title information from the CDDB Internet site and can add fade in, fade out and cross fade effects between tracks. Of course, successful CD recordings depend on factors beyond just the software-such as PC performance, CD recorder capabilities, and quality of the recording media. To minimize failures, Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe is more conservative than some other CD recording programs. For example, when recording from a source CD at speeds of 6x or greater, the package forces you to write an intermediary image to your hard drive first. This helps prevent buffer underruns, but can be an unnecessary step that simply slows recording on high performance PCs.