Seperating tracks while transferring from source to PC

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Seperating tracks while transferring from source to PC

Post by dama7 » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:17 am

Is there a manual (simple) way to create track split points while transferring music from a source (tape or vinal disc)? When I wait till I'm finished transferring, and use "Analyze/Silence Finder", it often doesn't find silence or puts the flag into the wrong point. I'd like to "click" on something to do this while the transfer is in progress.
Thanks for any help......

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Re: Seperating tracks while transferring from source to PC

Post by waxcylinder » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:40 am

I do it while I am recording my LPs by placing a label at the required point.

You can either click CTRL+M to place a label at the curretnt recording/playing position - but I prefer to place my cursor at the required position and then type CTRL+B to place a label there.

I usually place them 0.5 seconds before the start of the next track - listen for the end of the previous track amd then wait for the next track to start, thenyou can place your cursor and create the label.

You can always make small adjustments later by sliding the label up and down the timeline.

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Re: Seperating tracks while transferring from source to PC

Post by dama7 » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:19 am

Thanks waxcylinder, I'll give it a try.

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Re: Seperating tracks while transferring from source to PC

Post by waxcylinder » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:11 am

BTW label handling is much better in 1.3.x - you should consider moving to 1.3. Despite the fact that it is Beta - it is a pretty mature Beta and is in fact more stable than the officially "stable" 1.2.6 on many modern computing platforms.

You can get 1.3 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

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