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Title: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: dave570 on July 12, 2009, 09:57:01 PM: OK, so I taped a show last night on the Edirol R-09HR at 24 Bit and it automatically started the new file after reaching the 2GB limit. But the second file is the end of a song that was on started the first file. So how do I join these 2 files together so I can then track them without having to add a new track? I use Audacity and CD Wave. Thanks!
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: darby on July 12, 2009, 10:25:46 PM: in Audacity...
open both files
copy and paste the second file on the end of the first
then export

Audacity does not have a 2 gig limit
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: dave570 on July 13, 2009, 11:08:09 AM: Thanks! Will try it tonite.
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: Brian E. on August 18, 2009, 05:18:16 PM: I did this, and then found out one of my tracks had a split second dropout where they joined. After I seeded the show. :-\
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: vanark on August 18, 2009, 05:38:15 PM: I use the shntool join function. No problems.
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: taperj on August 18, 2009, 06:55:51 PM: Quote from: vanark on August 18, 2009, 05:38:15 PM
I use the shntool join function. No problems.

agreed.
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: rjp on August 18, 2009, 11:10:18 PM: Quote from: Brian Emerick on August 18, 2009, 05:18:16 PM
I did this, and then found out one of my tracks had a split second dropout where they joined. After I seeded the show. :-\

One thing to be aware of if you join tracks together in Audacity - make absolutely sure that you aren't in a "snap to" mode, where the cursor snaps to a time unit (e.g. CD frames, film frames, NTSC frames, hundredths of a second, etc.). You need to move the cursor to the absolute end of the first track before pasting the second.

As long as I remember to do this, autosplits from my LS-10 come through with absolutely no dropouts.

Snap-to can also be a gotcha when putting in a fade-out at the end of the track...
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: dorrcoq on August 19, 2009, 12:11:25 AM: Quote from: Brian Emerick on August 18, 2009, 05:18:16 PM
I did this, and then found out one of my tracks had a split second dropout where they joined. After I seeded the show. :-\

I've never had a problem - Edit > Move cursor to...Track End > Paste
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: heyitsmejess on August 20, 2009, 05:04:56 AM: i use a free program called wavmerge

cant recall where i got it from. this is the only place i can find it now....

http://dick-langley.software.informer.com/
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: capnhook on September 15, 2009, 07:14:22 PM: WAV Joiner

Paid for this program....works great, will put a whole list of files together at once......they have a trial version that only puts together 2 .wav files...

http://www.cfbsoftware.com/default.aspx (http://www.cfbsoftware.com/default.aspx)

;D
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: newplanet7 on September 17, 2009, 12:17:53 PM: I use shntool join also.
I have also used addawav.
Which is a very easy way to do it.
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Addawav/
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: rastasean on September 18, 2009, 04:12:12 PM: Quote from: newplanet7 on September 17, 2009, 12:17:53 PM
I use shntool join also.
I have also used addawav.
Which is a very easy way to do it.
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Addawav/

I use addawav. It takes the two files and joins the second to the former. Dump the latter and move on!
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: fmaderjr on September 19, 2009, 09:17:06 AM: Foobar 2000, a very versatile free program that a lot of us use for one thing or another, will do it easily.

Load the files to be joined into Foobar (you can even join a bunch of them at once).
Highlight the files to be joined.
Right click and select "Convert" then "Convert to Single file".

I use this for my line in recordings made with my Hi-MD recorder (you can't turn off automatic new track creation when the volume drops below a certain point and then comes back up). Once I had over 100 tracks in a set, and after converting to wave with Sonic Stage, Foobar easily turned then into 1 file in one step.
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: newplanet7 on September 19, 2009, 11:03:31 AM: ^^
Nice. I use foobar exclusively and never even knew that you could join files.
Title: Re: How Do I Join 2 Files?
Post by: Gordon on September 19, 2009, 02:40:54 PM: I simply copy and paste in wavelab. well for one file I do (when the file splits). for multiple files needing retracked I use wavemerge but will check out foobar for it from now on.