d6jg wrote: > What do people think is the best way of dealing with hidden tracks > i.e.those that appear at the end of an album after X mins of silence? > Assume that we are trying to end up with a lossless format track(s) with > no silence. > I read somewhere that editing a FLAC with Audacity isn't advisable but > unsure why.
Just a few days back i had mentioned elsewhere how i like it :) I like the idea that if i simply play back the album it behaves the way it was meant. To have more control over it while i actively listen i prefer to be able to skip the silence or play the hidden track directly. I split the last track in 3 parts like Main Track, (Siilence) and Hidden Track with a wav editor i trust. Be sure to split at cd frame boundaries or fix it for the 3 resulting files with something like SBE fix in Little Traders Helper. The last track will now consist of 3 files ans 3 indexes in the CUE. Grigory Chudovs CUEtools interprets this correctly and can verify the cd as before against the AR database ;) EAC can write it fine with the new CUE and indexes. Example for Placebo (2000) Black Market Music TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Narcoleptic" PERFORMER "Placebo" INDEX 00 03:42:33 FILE "11. Narcoleptic.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Peeping Tom / Black Market Blood" PERFORMER "Placebo" INDEX 00 04:21:37 FILE "12. Peeping Tom _ Black Market Blood.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 -------------------------------------------------------- Becomes: TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Narcoleptic" PERFORMER "Placebo" INDEX 00 03:42:33 FILE "11. Narcoleptic.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Peeping Tom / Black Market Blood" PERFORMER "Placebo" INDEX 00 04:21:37 FILE "12. Peeping Tom.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "13. (Silence).wav" WAVE INDEX 02 00:00:00 FILE "14. Black Market Blood (Hidden Track).wav" WAVE INDEX 03 00:00:00 Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104819 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
