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[Bill Yacey]

I usually put 150 to 200mS of silence at the front end of the track , and do a fade in of about 100mS to the first note. Works for me.
Bill

[turtletone]

Yes, even if there's audio in the gap. I have a consumer system at home of coarse, and the amp is clocked by the digi input from the DVD player. In the pregap, the clock stops, and then starts up again, but the amp has to reclock to the signal before it outputs. this can take 1-2 secs for this to happen. So not only do you loose the pregap but also a significant amount from the start of the song. I've always known this to be an issue with AC3 files on DVD's and having to have 2 secs preroll before audio so the amp can lock, but with CD's, it's seems to still be the case, unless i use the analog outputs.

[Bob Olhsson]

First time I had audio in a gap, I got a call from Sony telling me "it's a no no!"

[turtletone]

I don't do it much myself unless asked for. I do believe it's allowed in the redbood specs, At least I haven't had those kicked back. I have seen several live Cd's where the clapping is in the gap.

[jfrigo]

TurtleTone wrote on Fri, 06 August 2004 19:52

I don't do it much myself unless asked for. I do believe it's allowed in the redbood specs, At least I haven't had those kicked back. I have seen several live Cd's where the clapping is in the gap.

At least some applause and announcing in the gap is the most common preference I see in doing live CDs. We've never had a complaint from a client or plant. I don't doubt that there are some systems scattered about that have a problem with it, but they seem very much the minority, and the clients I see are willing to risk the few to please the masses.

[turtletone]

It never used to be a problem, but now that everyone is moving from CD player to DVD player, It could become one. Especially since a lot of home systems now have digital in's.

[Alécio Costa - Brazil]

I have just bought a cheaaaaap U$70 stereo Cd/k7/radio player to listen to my mixes/junior squeze. It does a funny thing: it makes a fade-in for very new track. however, if you skip from track to track, it reads immediately and no fade-ins happen.
Weird, right?

[bobkatz]

TurtleTone wrote on Fri, 06 August 2004 22:52

I don't do it much myself unless asked for. I do believe it's allowed in the redbood specs, At least I haven't had those kicked back. I have seen several live Cd's where the clapping is in the gap.

I'd say one out of every 10 CDs that leaves here has audio in the "pause" on at least one number! For example, it might be the slow decay of one number seguing into the next one...

BK