Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning

Subject: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: GUEST,john c
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 08:00 AM

I´ve been trying, without much success, to split a concert recording up into tracks so that I can burn it to cd. Does anybody know if there`s a programme (preferably freeware!!) out there that would do this for me???????????
J.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Fiolar
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 08:21 AM

Try "Dart CD-Recorder". It's the one I use and is excellent as you can set the time between tracks and program will split the recording. It's not free-ware but is very reasonable. Best of all, you can download it and use it for a trial period free.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From:
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 08:30 AM

I've used things like the Creative software which came with my SoundBlaster card and I've used CoolEdit '99. Both do a great job.

For a site with lots of sound software, I've tried a lot of them from:

Hit Squad

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 10:22 AM

I have been using a programme called LP Ripper which I found on a coverdisc of a computer magazine. It works on .wav format files and will try to split the track into individual items where it finds quiet sections. If ther are proper spaces between the tracks it does quite a good job. If there is constant noise, you have to select your own positioning, but that is quite straightforward.
I found it a useful programme.
It is NOT freeware - the company website is http://www.cfbsoftware.com/default.htm
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: DMcG
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 10:24 AM

And the program I use isn't freeware either! It's AudioTools ($20).

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 10:34 AM

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 10:34 AM

I use GoldWave, which has a lot of stuff for cleaning up sounds, compressing/expanding, and all that techie stuff. It too enables you to split big files into separate tracks, either by detecting quiet bits or manually. It's not free either, but you have to start off with the demo version (which is) before you can pay for it. If v5 is like v4, it's fully functional, but with frequent "nag" messages.

Steve

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: clansfolk
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 11:43 AM

sound forge likewise - trial version - I've used this on a lot of downloaded radio programs to edit down into tracks - fade remove pops crackles etc.......

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 11:46 AM

I have Wavesplitter, a free utility which is easy to use.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: treewind
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 11:46 AM

Auduacity is truly free (as in free speech and free beer) software and runs on Windows, Mac OS9/OSX and Linux. It's what I use for everything, including that exact job. I had to do the splitting manually - no convenient silences.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Mark Clark
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 02:45 PM

The free program CDRDAO provides disk-at-once (DAO) recording and allows one to specify track gaps of any desired length at any point desired.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 02:52 PM

What's the format of the recording?

One of the best features of my Mini-disk recorder is that it'll auto track, but the track breaks are VERY easy to edit, move, remove, insert... whatever...

:-)

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: GUEST,john c
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 03:13 PM

Thanks a million for all your help! I´ve spent a great couple of hours trying out lots of stuff and got it done no problem.
The concert was actually recorded on an md but I had to transfer it analoge to my computer and, in doing so, lost all the breaks.
J.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 07:46 PM

I'd recommend Goldwave too. And I can't say the nagging with version 4.0 is much of a nuisance. Someday I'll get round to paying for it, not to stop the nagging, but because I'm grateful for it.

I've used it on and off for yonks, and I'm still only beginning to find out the strange things you can do with it.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: Bernard
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 09:09 PM

Nero 6 burning software is very cheap, and is much better than Nero 5.5 which often comes bundled with a writer. It includes hiss and click removal software...

The big advantage is that it isn't drive-specific like the bundled version - it will work with any burner, including DVD.

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: treewind
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 05:35 AM

If I had the tracks already as I wanted them on minidisk, I'd have copied them to the PC one .WAV file at a time. Then the cd burning process would make one track of each file in the usual way.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 06:19 AM

Wavesplitter, when I've used it, has a tendency to split tracks that don't need splitting - it seems to pick any momentary silence as a signal the song is over, even pauses between verses. This may have been solved in a more recent version - but I've found it quicker and more reliable to do as treewind suggested, and deal with individual tracks. Or sometimes to record a whole side of a tape cassette on to Goldwave, and then pull them out one by one "manually".

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From:
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 09:29 AM

Guest, John C,
Out of curiosity, which piece of software did you decide on after testing, and why?

Subject: RE: Tech: splitting recordings for cd burning
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 01:16 PM

George - I used Audacity to get the job done. Its very easy to use (as were most I tried), small, fast..........and free!!
J.