Heartland

Could anyone please direct me to somewhere where I can get hold of one of the programs that enables you to remove the annoying gaps between songs . Also , any information on how this actually works would be appreciated .
I'm not really a techno freak but I am trying

thanks in advance .

You change the inbetween tracks "pause" property in your CD burning application from "2 seconds" to "0 seconds".

Or to remove it from an exisiting CD, you can use a sound editing program such as Goldwave or Sound Forge.

It's too complicated to explain (but easy enough to do) now and I have a hangover...

mugabe wrote:You change the inbetween tracks "pause" property in your CD burning application from "2 seconds" to "0 seconds".

Yes, but remember that the first file must have 2 second pause.

yes the 1st track cant be set o seconds. the gaps are set in front of the certain track, so you have 2 seconds gap before the first track

Just insert a silent first track, then. Or an "Eranu!" intro.

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2815

Just setting the time between tracks to 0 may not get rid of all the silence. The best thing to do is to edit the .wav file to link up the tracks directly. I use Nero to do this and it works fine. It is time consuming (about an hour per gig), but the results are worth it if you want a smooth recording which can be enjoyed and /or traded.

I have not used soundforge or the like, so maybe that clean up the dead space at the end of tracks without having to do so manually. Maybe someone here can describe the end result of using soundforge. Can you still tell when a new tracks starts because of a pop after using it?

Martin

To "repair" cd's with large gaps/tiny gaps/clicks between tracks I use soundforge.

Just load all the wavs into soundforge, join them all together (copy & paste), then edit out the gaps/clicks, then chop it back up into wavs if you want track separation (you'll want to do your own track separation anyway as other people seem to have a screwed up idea of where the track separation should be), or you can leave it as one large file, then burn it to your new cd. Sorted.

It's quick to remove gaps, just mark the part to be removed, preview it to make sure it sounds good, then cut. Clicks takes a bit longer, as you're removing a tiny part of the audio so it takes a few attempts (use the preview mode) to get a good edit. Remember the audio is a sine wave, so where you make a cut, it's important for the sound wave to be moving in the same direction on both sides of the cut, so make your edits where the wave crosses the centre where possible as it makes for a smoother edit. Practice makes perfect.

And as someone's sortof said in a previous thread, if anyones incapable of making a decent copy of a cd, keep the copy of the cd for yourself and re-weed the original, so you're not giving the next person a useless cd.