Splitting without "hearing" the "breaks"

[jossi_t]

I'm having some long recording, that i need to split.
I'm using Audacity for quite a long time in order to split the recordings.
I choose a quite part and then break the file.
But, when hearing the audio file (with all tracks) in the stereo i'm hearing the "breaks" !! it's quite annoying.

Can i hear the whole lecture without hearing those breaks ?
I've heard other audio disks (of lectures) and the move between lectures is smooth .

[n0ctis]

I'm assuming you're thinking of the "pops" that tend to occur with a clean select and cut, right? I get around this by zooming in to the cut ends and selecting the last/first couple of frames. I then fade them in/out. That tends to do the trick, though sometimes you'll need to fade more than a couple frames.

[jossi_t]

Not exactly
I still want to hear the full lecture with the breaks
But i may need to change my view for "frames view", because maybe i'm cutting the lecture in the middle of a frame, and that's why i hear the "hums" between tracks.
Is there such an option ?

[fishwrangler]

I'm quite new to Audacity, so ignore me if I'm flat off base.

If you have already tracked the files, and you hear a slight space b/w tracks, you may be hearing sector boundary errors (SBE's). Programs like Exact Audio Copy (EAC) have functions that detect and remove these quickly and painlessly.

[steve]

You can "snap to frames" in Audacity 1.3.4
Also, when you write to CD, write "Disk At Once" (DAO) not "Track At Once" (TAO).

[jossi_t]

How do i "Snap to frames" ?
Do you mean i'll be able to "Cut" only at the end of a frame, so the "break" won't be heard ?
Didn't find it in the menus ..

BTW: i hear the "breaks" also when using my iAudio mp3 player, so it's not a matter of burning options (but 10x anyway).

[waxcylinder]

jossi-t,

it sounds like your MP3 player is putting the breaks there for you. iPods do this too, but on those there is a setting for "gapless playing" - my guess is that if you read your manual your MP3 player will have something similar.

WC

[steve]

How do i "Snap to frames" ?

In Audacity 1.3.4
Look in the "Selection" toolbar and set the format to CDDA frames.
Select the "Snap To" tick box.