Silent gaps

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new Aud user
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Silent gaps

Post by new Aud user » Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:58 pm

An audio file has a lot of silent gaps that look like straight lines as shown. What are these? Thank you.

MacOS High Sierra v.10.13.5 (17F77); Audacity v.2.2.2

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Trebor
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Re: Silent gaps

Post by Trebor » Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:52 pm

skips, a/k/a dropouts, see ...
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... oting.html
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new Aud user
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Re: Silent gaps

Post by new Aud user » Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:28 pm

Trebor wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:52 pm
 skips, a/k/a dropouts, see ...
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... oting.html
Thank you. Is this link also for help with the audio file if it was imported from a CD?
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Trebor
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Re: Silent gaps

Post by Trebor » Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:50 pm

new Aud user wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:28 pm
 ... audio file if it was imported from a CD?
I've never used a Mac to import tracks from a CD, apparently it's easier than on Windows, see ...
https: //manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_how_to_import_cds.html
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