avoiding gaps in continuous tracks when using SonicStage

[marty aylands]

I use SonicStage to put classical pieces onto my MP3 player (Sony NWS450F).

Some of these pieces are continuous, unbroken music, but have track numbers in them to enable you to get at various parts of the piece.

I find that when I replay such pieces through my MP3 player, there's a slight 'hitch' or gap (tenth of a second or less, perhaps) where each track number comes up.

How can I avoid this?

Thanks.

[pata2001]

60+ views, no reply. *sigh [sarcasm]The OP obviously forgot the keywords: Apple, iPod.[/sarcasm]

The only way to achieve gapless playback in Sonicstage is to rip the CD to Atrac. You have to rip the all the tracks of the CD all at once. Ripping the tracks individually can break gapless.

[juli_]

You need the original CD as well, not a copy of it. It doesn't work with the copy. I found this out through trial and error.

[pata2001]

You need the original CD as well, not a copy of it. It doesn't work with the copy. I found this out through trial and error.

If the "copy" is an actual copy of the original and gapless, then I don't see why it cannot be ripped and produce gapless tracks.

[juli_]

If the "copy" is an actual copy of the original and gapless, then I don't see why it cannot be ripped and produce gapless tracks.

I did a straight copy of 'Tubular Bells' on a standalone CD copier. When I ripped the duplicate copy (which is gapless) in SS (in Atrac) it wasn't gapless anymore. I still had the original so it wasn't a problem, but it would have been if I didn't have the original anymore. It's been my experience that for gapless to work - the original CD has to be used.

[pata2001]

I did a straight copy of 'Tubular Bells' on a standalone CD copier. When I ripped the duplicate copy (which is gapless) in SS (in Atrac) it wasn't gapless anymore. I still had the original so it wasn't a problem, but it would have been if I didn't have the original anymore. It's been my experience that for gapless to work - the original CD has to be used.

OK, then I'm afraid the standalone CD copier might be the problem. If the CD is gapless, Sonicstage should be able to rip the gaplessly. All I rip thru Sonicstage are copies (ripped via EAC), not the original, and I always get perfect gapless albums as long as I ripped all tracks at one go.

[juli_]

OK, then I'm afraid the standalone CD copier might be the problem. If the CD is gapless, Sonicstage should be able to rip the gaplessly. All I rip thru Sonicstage are copies (ripped via EAC), not the original, and I always get perfect gapless albums as long as I ripped all tracks at one go.

Thanks for pointing that out. You're right. The standalone uses 'digital audio' CDs, and the gapless is lost when importing the copy into SS.

I just experimented with another CD and it is definitely the 'digital audio' CD that's the problem. So thanks again, now I know NOT to copy gapless CDs in the standalone