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Chopping up FLAC Files

Hi,
I am new to the FLAC format, so please pardon my greenness. 

Does a program exist that allows someone to edit FLAC files?  Or must the songs be converted first?  In certain instances, I want to be able to record a full CD as a single file and then chop it up into individual songs manually.  I have just started ripping my CDs to the FLAC format.  I am noticing that some songs chop off the ending which removes the nice sound fade that should occur.  Is this the best way to correct this issue?

Thanks.

Chopping up FLAC Files

Reply #1 –
Ummm, yes.

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REM GENRE "Power Metal"
REM DATE 2002
REM DISCID 9012420A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b3"
PERFORMER "Symphony X"
TITLE "The Odyssey"
FILE "01 - Inferno (Unleash The Fire).wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Inferno (Unleash The Fire)"
    PERFORMER "Symphony X"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Wicked"
    PERFORMER "Symphony X"
    INDEX 00 05:32:01
FILE "02 - Wicked.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Incantations Of The Apprentice"
    PERFORMER "Symphony X"
    INDEX 00 05:30:61
FILE "03 - Incantations Of The Apprentice.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Accolade II"
    PERFORMER "Symphony X"
    INDEX 00 04:18:63
FILE "04 - Accolade II.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00...


There are plenty of Cuesheet chopping programs.

Nothing should be being chopped off though?

Chopping up FLAC Files

Reply #2 –
Sometimes pressings are sloppily made with the data offset to the point where track boundaries no longer occur during the silent areas.  Open a track with a wave editor, measure how many samples are missing and re-rip with a modified offset correction, or you can try one of Moitah's remarkable tools.

If you ripped these tracks with gaps left out or appended to the next track then you'll have to rip them again with the default setting in EAC (gaps appended to the previous track).  If you don't tell EAC to detect gaps or create a cue sheet before ripping, the data that would otherwise be detected as gaps will be appended to the previous track automatically.

Chopping up FLAC Files

Reply #3 –
Thanks for the replies.  Your answers have put me on the right track.

I suppose my sheltered life under the "standard" settings with Windows Media Player has left me without the powerful knowledge that has been in front of me.