Join
Tracks in iTunes
Let
your music flow without gaps between tracks.
| Date
Created: 08/19/2003 |
Last
Updated:
05/05/2005
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Authors: Staff |
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Many
music CDs contain songs that blend into each other. Two perfect examples
are Dark
Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and Operation
Mindcrime by
Queensryche. The only problem is when you import these CDs into
iTunes, small gaps are inserted between songs that interrupts the
flow of the album. If you use the iTunes Join CD Tracks feature,
the program melds two or more songs into one, continuous gap-free
track. So now you can enjoy listening to classical music, concept
rock albums and extended dance mixes without the speed bumps of silence
between tracks.
Do
these situations sound familiar?
"I'm
trying to get the tracks on "dark side of the moon" by
pink floyd to flow (merge) together like they do on the
original cd. I want to join the tracks. You know, no
annoying spaces between songs! Can i do this in itunes?" ~
Ed S. |
"I
have many albums that do not have gaps between the tracks.
When I rip these CD's to mp3 format and play them on the iPods
I get a small gap between tracks. Is there any way to reduce
these gaps to 0 length, so that the album plays continuously
as it was originally recorded?" ~
Ian |
"Several
of the songs I have purchased on iTunes are essentially parts
one and two of the same song (ex - Chicago's Dialogue). Is
there any way to permanently join these tracks so they will
always play in sequence? I am using iTunes version 4 on a Widows
based PC." ~
Writeaway |
Let's merge the tracks:
1. Insert the
CD that contains the music you want to merge. If you
have a bunch of random songs you want to merge together then burn
them to a CD first. Just in case, set the gap to zero
seconds.
"Hi guys I was trying to
get two tracks from 2 different CD to join but to no avail. I needed
one long song for a soundtrack for an iphoto slide show. It seems that
the songs must be next to each other physically on a cd in order to make
this work. I finally figured out how to make it work. I made new playlist,
burned it to a blank CD, then Joined the tracks from the advanced menu
and imported it into itunes." ~ J. Starling
2. Select
the CD in your iTunes Source window. Highlight the songs
you want to join on the CD (not on your iPod or your iTunes
Library!)
3. Look
under the Advanced menu in iTunes for 'Join CD Tracks'.
4. Your tracks will now become one. If you run into any problems,
double check that you have the latest version of iTunes installed.
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