Separate tracks in the mix?

[djlawnboy]

Please help id like to make a cd with each track separated in the mix without silence,but a cdplayer still recognise all separate tracks.Like i have an hour long mix and i like to make that mix for 10 separate track.Thanks

[waxcylinder]

All you need to do is to place a label at each track break - use the Ctrl-B shortcut - and don't forget to place a label right at the beginning for the first track.

Then use Audacity's Export Multiple command (available from the File drop-down) to export a multiple set of WAVs, MP3s or whatever.

The Audacity Wiki, Documentation and Turorials have much useful information on how to do this - a recommended read - http://audacityteam.org/help/

WC

[Horrorwitz]

I am trying to do more or less the same thing, but I notice that at each spot where I insert a label that in the final mix there is a small sound gap when the it is played back from a burned CD-R, or a slight jump when played straight from the wave files. (The project plays fine from the Audacity program.) Is there some kind of setting I am missing for the labels? Thanx in advance!

[waxcylinder]

It's not Audacity, it's likely to be down to your CD burner trying to be "helpful" by inseting a little track break for you. If you read the documentation/Help for your particular CD burner you should finfd a setting whereby you can turn this facility off.

Personally I prefer to create my own track breaks at the end of songs - there are some when a little more contemplative silence is good - and there are instances, as in your case for example, where no gap at all is required.

WC

[Horrorwitz]

I appreciate the fast response! Well, I don't think in this case it's the burner because it's never done that before on other projects. Also there seems to be a problem just when playing the wave files right from my hard drive as well, but in this case it is more of a jump in the sound.

Usually I just do tight edits between cuts but for this project I need wsome overlapping.

[Horrorwitz]

I just double checked and it plays a brief pause or gap when playing the files from my hard drive on Windows Media Player or Realplayer. No other sound files or CDs do this.

[waxcylinder]

Hmmm.... I'm stumped then, sorry

WC

[Horrorwitz]

The only thing I can figure is that something happens to the ends of each sound file when exporting it out of Audacity as a multiple wav file. Like it drops a split second or ads a gap or something. But this would mean that anytime someone added a label at a point where there was audible sound before and after, like 2 songs crossfading for example, then it wouldn't play through smoothly unless you were playing it directly from Audacity. I haven't tried exporting it as an mp3 file yet to see if it also does it then. Have you had this problem? Can you try dropping a label in the middle of something and then see how it plays as a wav file?

[Horrorwitz]

I also tried exporting it as multiple mp3 files and it did the same thing when playing it back from my hard drive, a slight glitch at the sound break.

[Horrorwitz]

For what it's worth, I just downloaded Audacity version 1.3.4.-beta and tried it and got the same results.