recording dj mix from hard drive to cd

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hey all,

i have posted this in the dj section so, sorry about multi-posting, but it seemed like a topic that could go in a few different categories...

i have a set recorded to my harddrive that i want to record to a cd. the thing is, i don't want it recorded as one long track, but i don't want any track gap or any interruption at all between the tracks that happens when you split and record the mp3's. there must be a way to do this, right?

thanks in advance for any suggestions,

ilynx
 
I had the exact same question a few weeks ago. I haven't tried it out yet but apparently all that needs to be done is to configure the burner's settings to record "disc-at-once" or "track-at-once." Check out this short blurb on the subject:

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq03.html#S3-26

(There are tons of articles on this; try google). Keep spinnin!
 
thanks for the reply, esquire. however, i think i wasn't clear in my question. i'll try to explain better this time...
i have a mix about an hour in length. in this mix are 11 different songs. it's just like a mixed cd, except it is recorded as one long track on my hard disk. is there any way to record it to cd as is, but to "mark" the beginnings of each of the 11 songs as new tracks, without interrupting the audio whatsoever? i tried converting it to mp3 format, using an mp3 splitter, placing the tracks in order to be burned, then recording in disk-at-once mode, but i still get a slight "skip" or "glitch" in between tracks. it's not the full two second gap, it's very short, but it's still very audible and disturbing. this is getting very frustrating.

someone please help.

thanks again,

ilynx
 
I'm pretty sure that Nero or CD-R Win should be able to burn a CD without any 'gaps' between tracks. There may be some hardware limitations (cd burner) that prevent completely smooth track changes, though. Why don't you just break up the .wav into the separate tracks (using SoundForge or something similar) and give it a try? You might have to try a couple different burning programs and see which ones can do the shortest gaps.
 
dolemite,

just wanted to let you know that your suggestion worked perfectly!!! thank you so much, you have no idea how long i've been trying to figure this out. i knew it had to be possible, but there were so many ways to try, that i was getting really frustrated with all the "mp3 editors", "cutters" & "slicers" that claimed to do what i wanted, but always left that glitch.
so for those of you who are curious...
i opened the wave file in sound forge 4.5, selected the track region that i wanted, cut & paste to a new window, saved the new window as track1.wav, etc. then i opened adaptec easy cd creator, dragged and dropped all the files in order, then selected disc at once recording.
the output is flawless!

thanks again dolemite!

ilynx
 
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