Joining tracks on an album
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:30 am
Is there a method to join adjacent tracks on a CD (at ripping time) to create one track once the album is in MMW?
To be clear, I do not mean combining tracks to create one album, I mean joining two or more adjacent tracks to create one track that will play as one track when the player is in Shuffle mode. For example, albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper albums are designed so that each side of the original vinyl record was played as one long track, with each song segueing (crossfading) into the next one.
By joining the relevant tracks on a album I can then enjoy the whole of one side of the album when the player is in Shuffle mode without the abrupt and jarring endings as the player shuffles to a totally different song.
A bit of background:
I would like to be able to join:
the first seven tracks of Sgt. Pepper as one track (the original side one)
the remaining six tracks of Sgt. Pepper as one other track (the original side two)
I can rename the one long track myself if necessary, after the rip is complete.
I have previously joined tracks in iTunes (it's set when ripping, so the the required tracks are joined as they are ripped), but realised that I have yet to do it with the Sgt. Pepper album. I'm keen to be able to do it in MMW because I think it's inevitable that iTunes for Windows will be off to The Great Gig In The Sky in the not-too-distant future. (Pun intended.)
These are not the only examples. Other albums/songs I've joined:
All Andreas Vollenweider albums
Two specific tracks from Faithless's album Reverence: Angeline and Insomnia (numbers 5 and 6) as they crossfade from one to the other.
(I have looked through the MMW5 Help pages, as well as this forum, but so far, haven't found what I'm looking for.)
To be clear, I do not mean combining tracks to create one album, I mean joining two or more adjacent tracks to create one track that will play as one track when the player is in Shuffle mode. For example, albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper albums are designed so that each side of the original vinyl record was played as one long track, with each song segueing (crossfading) into the next one.
By joining the relevant tracks on a album I can then enjoy the whole of one side of the album when the player is in Shuffle mode without the abrupt and jarring endings as the player shuffles to a totally different song.
A bit of background:
I would like to be able to join:
the first seven tracks of Sgt. Pepper as one track (the original side one)
the remaining six tracks of Sgt. Pepper as one other track (the original side two)
I can rename the one long track myself if necessary, after the rip is complete.
I have previously joined tracks in iTunes (it's set when ripping, so the the required tracks are joined as they are ripped), but realised that I have yet to do it with the Sgt. Pepper album. I'm keen to be able to do it in MMW because I think it's inevitable that iTunes for Windows will be off to The Great Gig In The Sky in the not-too-distant future. (Pun intended.)
These are not the only examples. Other albums/songs I've joined:
All Andreas Vollenweider albums
Two specific tracks from Faithless's album Reverence: Angeline and Insomnia (numbers 5 and 6) as they crossfade from one to the other.
(I have looked through the MMW5 Help pages, as well as this forum, but so far, haven't found what I'm looking for.)