Silent gaps

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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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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skips, a/k/a dropouts, see …
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html

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Thank you. Is this link also for help with the audio file if it was imported from a CD?

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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