How to define a new track # within a song?

[Roxio Car Michael]

Hello fellow Roxio Friends

 

I am new here and just downloaded the latest version of Toast. One important capability of Toast that I'm interested in is being able to take an existing song/wav. file and define where a new track # will start within the continuous audio. I have a 4:50 song that I recorded in the studio and a jam happens around 2:50, which becomes a separate song. I need my CD's track # to change on this continuous audio and reflect this new song without any extra sounds. I repeatedly asked the inside sales representative on the phone of this capability and he assured me that this can be done. When I take my track in CD Spin Doctor I get a blip when the two tracks play together. I'm not really looking to edit audio, just define a reference point for a new track #. I appreciate any help you can offer! Thanks!

[tsantee]

The best approach is to use CD Spin Doctor. Mark the points where you want each track and send it to Toast. Choose zero seconds as the gap. There shouldn't be any audible break when one track ends and the other starts if you listen to the burned audio CD or to the .sd2f disc image file.

 

A roundabout approach is to use Toast's track trim feature. In this case you'll need to duplicate your track in the finder so you can add both to the Toast audio window. Use Track trim to tell Toast where to end or start a track. Track trim is selected by clicking on the length of the track. The length of the track is shown when "Show advanced audio mastering settings" is checked in Toast preferences.

[Roxio Car Michael]

The best approach is to use CD Spin Doctor. Mark the points where you want each track and send it to Toast. Choose zero seconds as the gap. There shouldn't be any audible break when one track ends and the other starts if you listen to the burned audio CD or to the .sd2f disc image file.

 

A roundabout approach is to use Toast's track trim feature. In this case you'll need to duplicate your track in the finder so you can add both to the Toast audio window. Use Track trim to tell Toast where to end or start a track. Track trim is selected by clicking on the length of the track. The length of the track is shown when "Show advanced audio mastering settings" is checked in Toast preferences.

 

 

I used CD SPIN DOCTOR and had the first track stop at 00:02:50.159 and the 2nd track start at that exact same time. When I import them into Toast, they sound perfect in the preview with no crossfade , but when I actually play them from the 1st track to 2nd, I hear the blip. Are you saying that I'll hear the blip in toast, but not on the actual burned CD?

I then tried your 2nd approach with Toast's trim feature and the result was exactly the same- blipped audio. Try taking any existing song that you have an mp3 of and just try to turn it into two separate tracks (from any point) and let me know if this really works for you?

[tsantee]

Right. The audio preview in Toast has a noise where the tracks join but it is not audible on the burned CD. You also can choose Save as disc image and play that .sd2f file with QuickTime player to hear that the tracks join without any noise. In the custom crossfade window you can preview the segment where the tracks join and you won't hear any noise there, either. I don't know why the problem exists in the audio preview but it has been an issue with several versions of Toast.

[Roxio Car Michael]

Thanks Tsantee!

 

It definitely worked for the end result, (which is all that matters) but weird how they haven't fixed that logic-glitch in their software to accurately playback audio in Toast's main screen (only currently accurate w/crossfade preview). Hopefully their next version will not only have that fixed, but also have the option to see waveforms in the main window and definitely be able to zoom in much more on them in edited windows!