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Breaking up a long AIFF track by using chapters…
Hello to all. Was wondering…I have a 48-minute audio track that I wanted to “break up” into pieces, but instead of actually editing it and creating separate AIFF tracks (thereby having ‘breaks’ inbetween’), I’d like to be able to just play the track straight through on a CD player–as if I had recorded several tracks using a DISC-AT-ONCE function in Nero, for example. I’d like to have the option of skipping through the 48 minutes using chapter stops. How do I achieve this in Final Cut Pro 4.5? Do I have to use timeline markers, and if so, do I call them chapter markers or compression markers? And what about on the export…do I take it into Compressor…or Quicktime? Thanks, guys. 😉
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You’d simply export the entire continuous audio track to an AIFF.
File (menu) > Export > Audio to AIFF(s)
But FCP cannot perform any “tricks” in regard to burning a CD with “chapters” or “cuts (as far as I know, FCP chapter markers only work for DVD burning).
You’ll need to import the exported audio file into audio software that is capable of CD authoring and burning.
In that software you can choose where to put the “cut” markers (so the disc will not STOP, but keep playing thru the markers).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
A POSSIBLE (easy-to-try-it) alternative is to “slice” the audio track (I’d do this on a COPY of the timeline!) and export each “slice” as a separate AIFF file.
Be sure to name each one, even if its just a number, so you can tell what ORDER they should play in.Then start “iTunes” and open a new blank iTunes window.
Drop your individual “slices” of the audio IN ORDER into the iTunes window (you can re-arrange the order of the cuts even after you drop them in).
Then choose:
iTunes (menu) > Preferences… > Burning > Disc Format: Audio CD > Gap Between Songs: “none”Then, Burn a CD and see what happens.
This MIGHT work well (or work “well enough”) so that you get a (nearly?) continuous audio playback but you will still have “cuts” to jump to.
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