Clicks on CDR Between live tracks

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After I have divided a live tape into its seperate song files, I still have a problem with very small and minor clicks between tracks on my CDR. I am recording with DAO, but it still gives me trouble between tracks. I would like for my transistions between songs to be smooth. The click makes it choppy. When I record a live CD straight from my CD ROM to my CDR, this does not happen. It is only when I divide the tracks myself. Do I need to adjust the beginings and ends of the songs in some way, or do I have a hardware problem. Any help would be great!
Dave
 
Is this a stand-alone CD writer or a drive in a PC? And if it's a PC, have you monitored the .wav files before writing to CDR?
 
I am using a PC based CDR. I have monitored the WAV files by listening to the transitions before I record to CDR and they sound perfect. It is after they burn that the minor clicks appear in the transitions. Tonight I tried to change the attack and release with the Amplitude Envelope in Cool Edit with the same response. I'm clueless at this point. It's driving me crazy. What do ya think?
 
dlewis, I have run into the same problem
with my PC, and still haven't been able
to solve it.
I get sort of "drop outs" between the songs
in a live concert, after dividing the concert
into separate songs. (dividing means, copying
each song into a new file and renaming it)
I have tried both Steinbergs WaveLabLite and
Creative Wave studio, which came with my
sound card (SB Live! Platinum).
I'm burning with Adaptecs easy Cd-creator.
Disc at Once-mode.
Should I change Preference settings?
I have heard that Sonic Foundry's CD-architect has a feature where you can have
one big file and just put track markers, where you want your song separation to be,
Does Cd-achitect reguire a SCSI-harddrive?
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Tapani
 
Hi all

I´ve had that problem for a long time too - using a Philips CDRW 400 series and programs like Write2CD, Easy CD Creator and Nero.
Have tried everything (create image of entire disc but then I lose the track numbers) but didn´t come up with a solution.

Help would be appreciated

Peace

Nicolay
 
That sounds like some kind of software or hardware problem, so I'd try to isolate it. Try a different burning program, and if that doesn't do it, it's either your CD-R drive itself or perhaps some kind of conflict with its system software...try new drivers if available.

I'm pretty sure CD Architect wouldn't require a SCSI drive, but even a new CD-R is cheaper!
 
I found a solution to my problem. It was Cool Edit adding something extra to my wav file. I switched over to n-Track Studio (fasoft.com), and mixed a CD with this software and - no clicks b/twn. This fixed my original problem, but for those above I don't know what software you are using. Good Luck!
 
Two things that may or may not have help:

First, wav files generally have some header info at the start of the file, which, depending on the program used to burn the file, may get burned as well... you should be able to get a program off the net to strip of the extra bytes.

Second, when recording disk-at-once with seperate files, the files have to be a multiple of 2352 bytes, a single cd sector. If this doesn't happen, usually, the program will just pad the end of the file with 0s to make the correct length, creating a very brief period of digital silence. This silence might sound like a click if there is room noise at the between the tracks.

Hope this is useful : )

William Underwood
 
I could solve my problem too!
I'm now using Audiotools 2,52 to mark my
songs and no drop-outs or clicks between
the songs. It cost me £10!!!
Check this site:http://www.btinternet.com/~amfish/index.htm
Tapani
 
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