Definitely Tea Room!

Until recently, SWMBO has run a weekly 'exercise to music' (MEDAU) class in the village hall. During the lockdown she has offered postage cost only CDs to her 'flock' to allow continuation at home. I was selected from a long list of volunteers (not) to 'engineer' the product! Pretty straightforward to compile the speech and music mix and easy to adjust the timing intervals between them. What I don't understand is how to incorporate track identification numbering (as given in commercial CDs) so as to allow the listener to quickly select specific tracks/points of interest. Can anyone assist, please?

rgds

Bill

Normally, if you record or edit each piece as a separate file, the CD burning software will provide the numbering (in the order that you add them).

It sounds like you have just created one long track with periods of silence? Apologies if I've misunderstood.

If you let us know what software you are using for creating the CDs, it would be useful.

Rob

Thank you Rob - I'm using Wave Pad Sound Editor - a 'freebee' which has a reasonable range of 'bells and whistles'. The end product is a compilation, starting with a mic input intro and 'ripped' music tracks interspersed with spoken exercise instructions. The separate elements are then combined into one mp3 file which is burned onto disc. I have Audacity available as an alternative editor and hope to shortly receive a Tascam dp004 to 'play' with. The track idents/numbering would be 'nice to have' function on the finished discs.

rgds

Bill

In software like Nero burning & the like. You can create a menu for each track. I fear what you are using is just one long strings sound editor. Putting breaks in will not give you the result you need. Not used that software so not sure how you would do it. I use Pinnacle studio for my video editing, but again although it is a superb but unstable piece of software, I don't think I could put breaks in . Because when the edit of putting all tracks on the line is finished, it turns the whole thing into one long track.

I have the Tascam DR05, nice sound quality.

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 05/05/2020 16:24:29

You say that you have Audacity available. It's some while since I used it, but I thought that it could do what you require, (and a great deal more!).

I used it for transferring LPs to CD.

Thank you Steve and Clive.

Clive, it sounds (pun intended) that it's time to get Audacity fired up.

rgds

Bill

As others have said, you need to split your one long track into separate files - the Audacity manual gives instructions for this here.

Regards,

Rob

Edit - or even a handy video showing how to do it

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 05/05/2020 18:01:19

"ImgBurn" is a free downloadable CD burn program, which will allow you to burn individual files (among other things).

Thank you Rob and Anthony.

Rob, your link was exactly what I was looking for. I'll give it a whirl and report back .

rgds

Bill