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Title: how to put a "hidden track" on a disc....anyone know how its done?
Post by: heyitsmejess on May 31, 2009, 05:28:00 AM

ya know....something like leaving the disc play for 5 min and have a secret song come up, or rewinding from track 1, or something along those lines.

i have nero at my disposal, but would be willing to obtain other software to make it happen.

thanks in advance!

Title: Re: how to put a "hidden track" on a disc....anyone know how its done?
Post by: sanaka on May 31, 2009, 05:46:19 AM

One sort of hack way is to just combine your hidden track onto the last track with some silence between. So you get a real long last track, but only show the "official" track time on your liner notes.

Peace,
Sanaka

Title: Re: how to put a "hidden track" on a disc....anyone know how its done?
Post by: ghellquist on May 31, 2009, 09:14:11 AM

One way is a function in some burning programs (Samplitude Pro does it). You put a track 0 on the CD. Only way to get to it is to rewind from track 1. Not all CD players can do this.
Another way might be to create a dual session CD, having both a CD part and a computer part. The computer part could have some extra tracks. I guess this could create problems with some CD players as well.

// Gunnar

Title: Re: how to put a "hidden track" on a disc....anyone know how its done?
Post by: if_then_else on June 06, 2009, 09:10:16 AM

Quote from: heyitsmejess on May 31, 2009, 05:28:00 AM

ya know....something like leaving the disc play for 5 min and have a secret song come up, or rewinding from track 1, or something along those lines.

i have nero at my disposal, but would be willing to obtain other software to make it happen.

thanks in advance!

You can specify pre-gap tracks or hidden tracks via a cue sheet:
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Cuesheet (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Cuesheet)

Burning tools like Burrrn or EAC can handle cue sheets.