Silence on the end of WAV

[dj*jw]

Hi Guys

I use Audacity 1.2.6 on Windows XP to split up my (WAV format) DJ mixes. I am very successful with this and I've been doing this and burning gapless CD's for ages without problems.

Ok so far.

Recently I have obtained some 'voice overs' that I want to paste on some of the tracks - they are also in WAV format. When I import them onto the existing WAV track and export the WAV, Audacity adds a gap of several seconds to the end of the new track. Obviously I don't want this gap and I want the new edited track to stop at exactly the same place as the original did.

I've searched for answers already, but the only topics I've found are relating to MP3's and very short WAV's.

I'm no Genius, but I hope I made myself clear.

Regards

Jack

[dj*jw]

If it helps, Audacity is adding a 5 second gap.

[steve]

So this only happens with the "voice over" files?
It may be due to a problem with non-standard metadata in the files.
There are various ways to strip out metadata - one way is to burn all of the files to an audio CD, then rip the CD. This will give you standard 16 bit 44100Hz stereo WAV files.

[RobertNC]

[EDIT] Oops my bad. Thought I had a solution but it does not work like I thought.

I see this problem when working with 24/96 files. It is a probloem with rate conversion not bit depth conversion.

If I convert to 16 bit but do not change the sampling rate, there is no gap added at the end.

If I convert from 96K to 44.1K sampling rate the gap is always added whether I save it in 24 bit or 16 bit format.

[steve]

I'm not sure of exactly what the issue is that you are experiencing, but I know that Audacity 1.2.6 can be a bit "iffy" (has some limitations) when dealing with tracks with different sample rates. Audacity 1.3 has had some major improvements in this area so it is probably worth you upgrading to 1.3.7 and see if this resolves the issue.