Todd wrote:
I have a concert that I downloaded.They split the songs into tracks. Some tracks were ment to blend into each other but the site where I downloaded from put 2 sec pause between tracks. I want to take those out. I tried autotrim and putting the threshhold down to -40db but no luck. Is there a way I can do it by hand using the time counter and take out the 2 sec gap
OK, let's start from the beginning, which is the logical place to start :-)
You say that the songs exist in separate tracks. If this is the case, then _each track should be associated with a separate file. For example, five tracks means five files, etc. What is it then that you are editing with WavePad? One individual track? Assuming that you are indeed editing one individual track, the 2-second pause that you are talking about does _not_ appear in the sound file representing that particular track. In other words, you are not going to be able to eliminate the pause between tracks by editing the sound files that are associated with the individual tracks. Once you understand this, you are 50% of the way there!
So how do you get at the two-second pause, when it does not show up in the sound file of a track that you have opened with WavePad, trying to edit out something that does not exist in that file? Good question--with a simple answer, once you understand the mechanism. The answer to this question is that the pause that you are concerned about is there by virtue of the audio CD (not MP3 CD) format when you burn such a CD from all of the individual tracks. Therefore, you need burning software that has a method for specifying what pause is desired between any two tracks. Depending upon the CD burning software that you are using, there will almost certainly be some way to set the value of all of these pauses (except that associated with the first track, which _must_ be two seconds) between the various tracks.
So what CD-burning software are you using? Two popular CD burning programs (from outer space) are Roxio and Nero, both of which have a way to adjust these pause times. A third CD-burning software (popular in a discussion forum) is Express Burn, from Swift Sound--right here and now--down under. Since I do not use this program (which is available from this site; you may download a free trial version, which will not last forever) to burn my CDs and DVDs, I don't know how it deals with the question of inter-track pause times in an audio CD (in case you missed it: such pauses are not applicable in an MP3 CD format, although you can use MP3 files in an audio CD format and adjust the pause times in the same manner as if you were using .wav files in an audio CD format). To find out about pause times with Express Burn, go to _that_ discussion forum and ask your question there. But don't be surprised if you come up empty-handed! Don't hold your breath.
So now that we have moved away from the beginning, which was a good place to start, what non-Swift-Sound CD burning software might you be using? After you have answered this question, I may be able to help you get to the end of the road which, by the way, seems to be a great place to stop :-) !
If I gon't go off the road before making it that far.
Musikone
(and then some)