(fax) musicmatch continuous rip

[theREALmxyzptlk]

Jim Greenman wrote:

> Whenever I try to record a CD which has continuous music, Musicmatch 
> puts a gap between the songs.
>  
> Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?
>  

I don't use that app, but the great majority of burning programs will 
allow one to tweak that in the settings (look under "settings" or 
"options" or "tools" - these are sometimes in the edit menu); sometimes 
it is listed as 'remove gap', sometimes you have to re-set the pause at 
"0" instead of the default "2" seconds (the very first track needs that 
2 second pause before it starts).
Also, make sure that you are recording/burning in DAO (disc at once) 
mode rather than TAO (track at once), as TAO turns off the laser between 
tracks and inserts said gap automatically. DAO keeps the laser on and 
inserts no gaps. The other alternative would be to rip the entire disc 
as an image file and then burn from the image.
Relatively speaking, you'll get more reliable burns (far less chance of 
buffer underrun) if you rip the disc to your hard drive before burning 
it anyway.
I know on-the fly burning is less risky than it was back in the 
paleolithic era (the 90s :-), but I  find ripping the thing before I 
burn it a better quality process on the whole. Aside from that, you 
might want to investigate other apps (Nero would be one of them) if MMJB 
does not readily yield to tweaking. The learning curve on burning apps 
is not hard to traverse and once you learn one, you pretty much know 
them all.


                                                                         
      jeff