The first time around, I blithely assumed that we should truncate as much silence of the beginning *and* the end of a track. When I attempted to play the resulting files in sequence, the transition seemed rushed and unnatural (these are not seamless tracks).
So, I've been investigating tracks from other places, and they have varying trailing silences (the three I checked ranged from 4 to 7 seconds). What's your preference?
"Ambush Commander" <edwardzyang@gmail.com> wrote in news:1148597655.766138.147730@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
The first time around, I blithely assumed that we should truncate as> much silence of the beginning *and* the end of a track. When I> attempted to play the resulting files in sequence, the transition> seemed rushed and unnatural (these are not seamless tracks).>
So, I've been investigating tracks from other places, and they have> varying trailing silences (the three I checked ranged from 4 to 7> seconds). What's your preference?
It varies with the song ending and the song beginning.
My rule of thumb is 3 seconds of silence, not including reverb tail.
If the previous song ends loudly and the next song starts quietly (or the opposite) leave more time for the ear to prepare for that which is to come.
This is usually divided as 2.75 on the trailer and .25 on the leadin.
The first time around, I blithely assumed that we should truncate as> much silence of the beginning *and* the end of a track. When I> attempted to play the resulting files in sequence, the transition> seemed rushed and unnatural (these are not seamless tracks).>
So, I've been investigating tracks from other places, and they have> varying trailing silences (the three I checked ranged from 4 to 7> seconds). What's your preference?
7 seconds is quite long. I like things a bit tighter. Depending on the pace of the song, I use between 2 and 3 seconds, with .2-.5 at the front.
Ambush Commander <edwardzyang@gmail.com> wrote:>The first time around, I blithely assumed that we should truncate as>much silence of the beginning *and* the end of a track. When I>attempted to play the resulting files in sequence, the transition>seemed rushed and unnatural (these are not seamless tracks).>
So, I've been investigating tracks from other places, and they have>varying trailing silences (the three I checked ranged from 4 to 7>seconds). What's your preference?
I'd say treat it just like a CD. The space you want to put between tracks depends on the tracks... if you have a fast song going into a fast song, you may want two seconds... if you have a fast song going into a slower one, you might want five.
MP3s are basically singles.. you can't tell what order people will play them in. As a result, I'd tend to put more time after a slow song than a fast one and play it up against a couple differently-paced tracks to see how it feels. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Ambush Commander 27 May 2006 00:04:29 [ permanent link ]
Thanks for the advice. It's slightly troublesome to twiddle around with the trailing silence, only because I have to make my sound editor export it as a wav each time I want to put it with differently-paced tracks. The three second rule of thumb sounds good.
