I have version 3.0.0 and would like to transfer my old records to USB. Now I have already recorded some and would like to delete the gaps between the individual tracks and records. Without listening to the records again, can I search/find these gaps by scrolling or something similar?
Another question: Can I subsequently add folders or tables of contents to already recorded records?
Many thanks for your help for a beginner.
Hmmm… There was a Silence Finder, but I can’t find it anymore… I don’t know if it’s been moved, _re_moved, or renamed or something…
If you zoom-in to where you can see one or two songs you should see the gaps. And the song lengths are usually listed on the record or the album cover.
and would like to delete the gaps between the individual tracks and records.
If you want to go “one step further” you can make a [u]crossfade[/u]. If you’re going to do that it’s easiest to split the songs into separate files. When I’m doing that, I like to make a “DJ style crossfade” where the next song kicks-in when the 1st one is fading-out “naturally” without any additional fading.
Another question: Can I subsequently add folders or tables of contents to already recorded records?
I don’t really understand your question but usually each song is a separate file and the songs are in an album folder. If you download an album from Amazon if iTunes you get a separate file for each song.
The songs are normally “tagged” with embedded metadata (title, artist, album, etc.). Audacity gives you the option of tagging when you export. Or you can use something like [u]MP3Tag[/u]. MP3Tag supports most audio formats, not just MP3 and it has some nice features. You can select all of the files in a folder to enter the common information (artist, album, year, etc.). Then you can select them one at a time to enter/edit the song title and track number, and anything else unique. MP3Tag also supports album artwork whereas Audacity does not.
Your player software will read the metadata so it doesn’t matter how your files are organized on your hard drive.
You can only have one set of metadata for each file so if you have one-bit album file the software won’t know what song is playing. And the "computer formats don’t support chapters or tracks. (Of course if you make an audio CD it can have tracks.)
…Metadata for WAV files is not well-standardized or well-supported so almost any other format is better for metadata. If you want lossless files, FLAC (lossless compression) is usually a better choice as long as your player software/hardware supports it. And as a bonus your FLAC files will be almost half the size.
I think it is hidden in the Analyze Menu…
Along with “Sound Finder” it has been replaced by “Analyze menu > Label Sounds” (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/label_sounds.html).
Personally I would have liked “Silence Finder” to have been retained (as it is much simpler than the new effect). It wasn’t, but it is still available for download from the Audacity wiki: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Analyze_Plug-ins#Silence_Finder