Adding track marks from an MD recording using Audacity

[Superbaldguy]

I recently made a choir concert recording with my precious MZ-R909 and used Audacity as the platform to make it into a wav. file. I did notice there were provisions to add track marks but the implementation seemed awkward - can I add track marks using the Nero Wave Editor or some other program?

[sschweg]

I have done this a couple of ways, neither very elegant.

1) There is a program called Wave Breaker http://www.blazeaudio.com/ that tries to find the pauses between songs and break the wav file into separate tracks. I was not too impressed with it's capabilities. It seemed to make too may breaks so that you had to go back and listen and combine or split.

2) Use audioacity. Open the big wave file. Select the portion that you would like to be track 01. Export the selection as track 01, then delete the selection. Now you are positioned for track 02, rinse and repeat.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON"T SAVE THE CHOPPED DOWN FILE OVER YOUR MASTER WAV COPY.

I prefer method #2. After you do it a few times, you get to where you can tell where the next track should start by the shape of the wave.

BR,

Steve