Hardware Secrets
Home | Camera | Case | CE | Cooling | CPU | Input | Memory | Mobile | Motherboard | Networking | Power | Storage | Video | Other
Content
Articles
First Look
Gabriel's Blog
News
Reviews
Tutorials
Main Menu
About Us
Awarded Products
Compare Prices
Datasheets
Dictionary
Download
Drivers
Forums
Links
Manufacturer Finder
Newsletter
On The Web
RSS Feed
Test Your Skills
Twitter
Newsletter
Subscribe today!
Search




Recommended
Home » Other » Audio
Convert your LPs into CDs
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Tutorials Last Updated: April 23, 2005
Page: 12 of 13
$ Check REAL-TIME pricing for Panasonic SC-BT300 Blu-ray Home Theater System - 7.1 Channel 1080/24p HDMI iPod Dock 1250 Watts Total $.
TigerDirect: $499.99 CircuitCity: $499.99
Newegg: $579.99 Wal-Mart: $577.00

Separating the Tracks

After removing the crackles, your songs will be ready to be recorded on CD. Just do not forget to save your work. Before recording the songs on CD we will have to separate them in many Wav files, one for each song, because, up to now, all the songs are recorded in a single file. This process can be done by means of the Sound Forge itself or by means of a very interesting shareware called LP Ripper (http://www.cfbsoftware.com.au).

The LP Ripper analyzes your Wav file and searches for the blank spaces that usually exist between songs, automatically setting where each track begins and ends. When you use this program, after the analysis, it is good to check if it marked correctly the beginning and end of each track. Use the option Trim Tracks from the menu Edit. With this function, you can make the small adjustment, indicating exactly where each track begins and ends. The LP Ripper just do not manage to analyze very well the records where the tracks are continuous, that is, there is not that well-known blank space between them. In this case, the tip is you entering manually the number of tracks and the time of each one of them (this time is written on the record labels), making the small adjustment next, using the option Trim Tracks.

LP Ripper
click to enlarge
Figure 14: LP Ripper.

If you are going to use the Sound Forge, so you should mark each track as being a region. For doing so, you should select the beginning and the end of each track and mark the region. The beginning of the track should be marked in such a way that you do not have any "blank space" left before the song, while the end of the track should be marked in a way that you neither cut the "fade" effect (that effect which lowers the volume of the music until it gets to zero at the end of each track) nor leave a blank space after the end of the track. That is why the ideal is that you always listen to your work while you keep on marking. With time you will get the necessary practice for this process. The regions are marked through the menu Special option Region List, by selecting Add from the menu that will appear. After marking, check if the beginning and the end have been marked in the right places. Use the zoom tool to check this out and adjust the region (by moving the region marker to the left or to the right) in case you need to make a small adjustment in the marking.

Sound Forge
click to enlarge
Figure 15: Using the Sound Forge to separate the tracks.

After the regions are marked, the Sound Forge itself transforms them into independent Wav files, through the option Extract Regions from the menu Tool.

Pages (13): « First ... « 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [12] 13 »
Print Version | Send to Friend | | Bookmark Article | Comments (9)

Related Content
  • How On-Board Audio Works
  • Computer Port Extension
  • SPDIF Connection
  • Installing Frontal Audio Plugs
  • Information on ”Unbranded” Cards

  • Recommended Deal.
    Sound Blaster Elite Pro X-Fi Card PCI Labs 7.1Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 70SB055A00000


    TigerDirect: $299.99 Newegg: $279.99
    Amazon: $273.84 Wal-Mart: $319.82

    RSSLatest News
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    November 20, 2009 - 12:37 PM PST
    Patriot Announces PS-100 SSD Series
    November 19, 2009 - 7:30 AM PST
    Antec Launches TPQ-1200 PSU
    November 18, 2009 - 11:30 AM PST
    AMD/ATI Launches Radeon HD 5970
    November 18, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    OCZ Launches Colossus SSD Series
    November 17, 2009 - 1:39 PM PST
    NZXT Unleashes Tempest EVO Mid-Tower Case
    November 17, 2009 - 1:06 PM PST
    nVidia Launches GeForce GT 240
    November 17, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
    Arctic Cooling Announces Accelero TWIN TURBO PRO VGA Cooler
    November 16, 2009 - 11:46 AM PST
    PowerColor Announces PLAY! HD5770 Video Card
    November 13, 2009 - 12:51 PM PST
    G.Skill Announces Falcon II SSD Series
    November 11, 2009 - 3:31 PM PST
    .:: More News ::.

    RSSLatest Content
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Review
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard
    Netflix on Playstation 3 Review
    CM Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse Review
    Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review
    Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review
    Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard
    Nintendo Wii Review
    SilverStone Grandia GD04 Case Review
    Can We Trust the 80 Plus Certification?
    NZXT Gamma Case Review

    Our Most Popular Articles
    Maximum CPU Temperature
    1,078,624 views
    How to Find Out Your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model
    706,630 views
    nVidia Chips Comparison Table
    679,409 views
    Connecting Two PCs Using a USB-USB Cable
    593,728 views
    How To Correctly Apply Thermal Grease
    562,739 views
    AMD ATI Chips Comparison Table
    560,334 views
    ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Review
    488,011 views
    ATI Radeon X1600 XT Review
    477,171 views
    How To Perform a BIOS Upgrade
    394,698 views
    Sempron vs. Athlon XP
    338,590 views

    Latest Threads in Our Forums
    Dell Inspiron 6000 Powers but will not boot...
    by Merman
    Ultra X4 500 W Power Supply Review
    by Merman
    IN WIN LAN Party in Southern California
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Getting A Hard Copy
    by Trevorrross
    Am I Making The Right Choice?
    by need2know
    Is it available to mount the Zalman cooler?
    by Olle P
    dsl modem prob
    by Sherry
    Seagate Barracuda XT 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
    by Hardware Secrets Team
    Overclocking a dell xps 410
    by 6dracing
    How to recover mp3's, pdf & chm files, applications from formated harddrive partition
    by tomahawk 1705
    .:: Visit Our Forums ::.


    © 2004-9, Hardware Secrets, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Advertising | Legal Information | Privacy Policy
    All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -08:00)