Topic: CD Wave Editor Question

[Sterling]

Does anyone change the settings for CD WAVe eDITOR? Silence level or silence time for split?

I'm trying to track this show and its not recognizing the gaps...at all.

FWIW...its a keller williams show. Maybe thats my problem  . Lots of KW fans around here I know I know.

Any help would be great.

[dmonterisi]

i don't use the auto-split functions.  i just drop markers manually, it doesn't take all that long, especially if you just want the breaks where the levels drop, you can see it pretty easily in the waveform.

[Gedit]

i find cdwave a bear for tracking shows. it's awkward imo.

[Patrick]

i find cdwave a bear for tracking shows. it's awkward imo.

Wow.  I don't find it any easier.  It's alot better than tracking with Audacty or Wavelab.  Just wondering, What do you use that would be easier?

[Gedit]

ive used sound forge for so long im stuck in the SF rut i guess. im beginning to use cdwave now cause of the SBEs inherent to SF - it galls me that SF doesn't provide a way to eliminate them automatically like cdwave does, adding the shntool step to the tracking process ... but ...

[Patrick]

With Sound Studio, go to View>Edit Grid and enter grid lines every 588 samples. Then use the 'snap to grid' feature and every marker you drop should be on a sector boundary.

However, it's just as easy to cut wherever you want and then use the 'fix SBE' tab of xACT to encode to FLAC and align on sector boundaries at the same time - that's what I do. Then use the 'shntool' tab to do a 'show len for fileset' or 'show len by disc' to create the track listing and timing for your info file.

Here is a quote from a Macintosh Tracking thread, I really don't know if it can be applied to soundforge, but I thought I'd throw it out there.  I'll bety there is a way that you can cut on Sector Boundaries in Soundforge.

[Brian Skalinder]

it galls me that SF doesn't provide a way to eliminate them automatically like cdwave does

I'd be surprised if SF doesn't provide the ability to set the time format to 75 frames per second (fps).  Doing so will eliminate the SBEs when tracking in SF.

[F.O.Bean]

IMO cd wave is the easiest/best program out there for friendliness and ease of use

[Sterling]

IMO cd wave is the easiest/best program out there for friendliness and ease of use

Bean your back! (Maybe I missed it though)

Do you change the settings at all? Use the auto track?

I have been and in fact did for this show, use wavelab to do it. I just thought cd wave would be easier. Maybe only for shows with more defined silence or gaps between songs?

FWIW, I love wavelab!

[Gordon]

no one uses the auto track. 

[Gedit]

i usually find myself tracking songs with no breaks between songs .. seamless segues.

[F.O.Bean]

i use it manually for every show/set ive ever tracked and couldnt be happier

not fully back yet, i just check my PM/emails before work everyday

[Sterling]

no one uses the auto track. 

O.  I'm a dope.

Well than I think wavelab is just as easy myself... at least at this point until I can fool around with cd wave some more.

[rowjimmy]

I've always used CDWave manually for tracking as well. No SBEs out-of the box, and now... direct flac encoding...
It's like a little slice of heaven.

[dmonterisi]

no one uses the auto track. 

O.  I'm a dope.

Well than I think wavelab is just as easy myself... at least at this point until I can fool around with cd wave some more.

fyi, another reason you may want to work with cdwav some more is the ability to export directly to flac.