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Actual Time definition

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Topic: Actual Time definition

Posted By: mainrhythm
Subject: Actual Time definition
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 7:32am

When you guys are asking for actual times, which one do you prefer?

Is it, stick the cd in a player and look at the remaining track times?

Or is it look at the track in a digital editor, chop off the absolute silence then report the result?

I've been using the second method and wondered which was correct.

Thanks!

Replies:

Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 8:04am

Another vote for method number two. It's the best way to ensure accuracy, particularly with vinyl fades.

Posted By: mainrhythm
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 9:03am

Forgot about vinyl / 45s and the second method is obvious for that, oops. lol

Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 11:24am

Given that some CD tracks have many seconds worth of silence before and/or after the song which can artificially inflate a track's total run time, I'm sure hoping for accuracy purposes that everyone here is reporting their actual run time info based on the precise points when the first and last traces of an musical audio signal can be heard.

Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 12:26pm

I know what small contributions I've made are based on the actualbeginning of audio and end audio. I don't include silence.