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a friend bought one the other day so he could put his LP`s onto cd. as well as it being his cd player/radio etc.

we tried it out with my mp3 player and it works fine. he has since picked up a cheap mp3 player and put a few traks onto it. i said i would make a few cd`s to show him what its like, he hasnt got a dvd or cd writer on his pc, but he will get one soon.

when i checked out the mp3 he gave me it was one big 45minute track made up of around five songs. know i guess its just something simple. when we tried it originally we only recorded one track from the LP. if he wants to record a side of an LP its not going to be much good as one long track on the cd. is there a way around it or is there something we are doing wrong?

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Sorry I can`t help too much, but I have seen those things advertised, was tempted to get one myself, and the limited reading I did suggested it should do it itself. I`m guessing the software that come with it, looks for pauses of 4 seconds or so, and splits the track there.

So you could either try again with a different record, which maybe has more pronounced gaps between tracks, or see if there are settings in the software that came with it that may need fiddling.

Best bet would be read the manual, or have a look at the website for the company that made it, to see if there is a FAQ there in case it`s not something obvious, or an update to the software.

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thanks for the replies.

when we tried it the first time the other day we only recorded one track so i didnt even think about this. it was only when he passed me the mp3 player i noticed it had recorded as one long mp3.

when i go round next i will have a read of the manual incase there is something we missed.

i guess if this is how it works, records in one big file it might be a bit of a pain. it just adds an uneccessary step.

ill wait and see what i find out first, as i say it may just be something we have not done. but he likes it because its something he can do and there isnt any software involved, apart from burning the cd. just record out onto mp3 player then plug into pc, simple.

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I am still plugging away at my LP collection with a decent turntable and a Phillips Audio CD burner. The automatice track detection never works, probably cos of hiss and crackle, I`m mean enough to use Audio RW discs and then re rip to pc, manually insert breaks and re burn.

Must try some new software as Nero isn`t very good at detecting tracks either, any suggestions?

It`s nothing you`re doing wrong - you WILL need to use some software to split the tracks. It`s a painstaking process.

I`ve used WaveRepair before now to do the track splitting - not great, and some false positives, so you need to go through and check them all.

Another option, if you`re sat in the room as the LP is played - manually stop and start the MP3 recording at the end of each track, so you then get eac has a separate track. Not great, I know...

When you want to divide the long MP3 into various tracks, sometimes the easiest way can be to write a cue sheet. I`ve often found this useful with DJ mixes. Here`s how I was told to do it:

Right... there may be an easier way to do this now, but the way I always used to do it was to write a cue sheet. This is basically a text file, with the extension .cue, which defines track times and various other parameters for the CD you`re burning. Cue sheets are native to a program called CDRWin (www.goldenhawk.com), but you can use them in Nero as well.

Cue sheets are described in the CDRWin help file, but you can cut and paste this one into notepad (just add more tracks as required, and change the track time increments and filename to suit).


FILE "example.wav" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
INDEX 01 02:24:08
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 01 05:16:70
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 01 08:34:60
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 01 11:15:55
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 01 16:04:30


Save it with the extension .cue, and put it in the same directory as your .wav file. Now, just open the .cue file up in Nero (either File -> Burn Image or Recorder -> Burn Image, depending on what Nero version it is), and burn away.


I often find that this is easier than using Goldwave or other programs to split the MP3.

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I am still plugging away at my LP collection with a decent turntable and a Phillips Audio CD burner. The automatice track detection never works, probably cos of hiss and crackle, I`m mean enough to use Audio RW discs and then re rip to pc, manually insert breaks and re burn.
Bob, If you have one of the first Philips Audio Recorders (as I do :D ) you can use standard PC CDR blanks in it by loading an Audio CDR then pulling the tray out and replacing with the PC blank. Downside is you have to complete the disc before you turn off the power and finalise it. (as in, you cant do say 5 tracks, turn it off and go out then come home and do the rest. You can if you leave it powered up though!)

On the auto detect for track....never had a problem here myself, maybe turn the record level down slightly and it might miss your hisses and crackles?

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