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Newbie cue sheet question

I'm digitizing some old LP's with an ION turntable. I will end up with a large MP3 file per side.
Is there a workaround in the CUE file that defines when the first track starts as there are a few seconds spare when I put the pickup arm stylus on the record to when the music starts ?.

Similarly the last track is not the end of file - there are a few seconds after the music stops to when the pickup arm swings to the center and lifts up.

Do I need to edit the MP3's or is there a fix to go in the .cue file (I would rather not have to edit each MP3 as there will be over 500 to do) ?.

Thanks

Re: Newbie cue sheet question

Reply #1 –
The start position of the first track is easy enough
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FILE "file.mp3" MP3
 TRACK 01 AUDIO
   INDEX 00 00:00:00    ; This is the start of the file
   INDEX 01 00:03:00    ; This is where the track starts
https://web.archive.org/web/20150424012357/http://digitalx.org:80/cue-sheet/syntax/index.html
http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Cue_sheet

Stopping before the end of the file isn't part of the syntax.

korth

Re: Newbie cue sheet question

Reply #2 –
I guess you can make a short track at the end with the run-out noise/silence at the end, and then try to program your player to skip that track...     Make a short-track that you don't expect to play....

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.. as there will be over 500 to do) ?
Practically speaking, this is a time consuming stuff and a couple-more minutes to do it right and trim the file isn't going to make that much difference...  And you'll save some time by making a simpler cue file.

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Do I need to edit the MP3's
As you probably know, MP3 is lossy compression.  If you open an MP3 for editing with a "regular" audio editor it get's decompressed.  If you then re-save to MP3, that's another generation of lossy compression. 

The solution is to edit before compressing to MP3.  Or, use MP3directCut which can edit without decompressing.  And if you are using the cue sheets to make CDs, don't use MP3.

Re: Newbie cue sheet question

Reply #3 –
If you are going to be digitizing vinyl why not use a lossless format?

Re: Newbie cue sheet question

Reply #4 –
I wonder what is more work
-   Editing the CUE sheet adding a starting point manually and a “fake” last track
-   Load the track in Audacity and remove leading and trailing “white”

You might also use Audacity to glue both sides together.
Combine this with tools like
http://regeert.nl/cuesheet/
https://cuemaster.org/
to generate the CUE for you

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