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Extracting Hidden CD Tracks
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I love hidden tracks on CDs. With the advent of ripping tracks, I thought it would be a good idea to extract them so that they could stand as tracks in their own right.
1. Take your track (MP3, AAC, whatever) and open it in QuickTime Player (You'll need QuickTime Pro).
2. Scrub up to the point that the hidden track starts. You can do this by listening and also watching the level graph display. Note the time.
3. Move the end position marker to the end.
4. Set the first position marker at the time noted, which is the beginning of the hidden track.
5. Select Cut from the Edit menu.
6. Export the open file in whatever format you want. This becomes the new version of that track. Note that I've preserved the dead space between the two tracks. I like to do this to remain true to the album's structure.
7. Open a new document and paste the cut segment into it.
8. Export it. You can then drag it to iTunes and if you've set your Advanced preferences to copy files to iTunes music folder on adding, it will copy it into the appropriate folder.
9. You'll need to edit the tags for the new file. Don't forget to select all the tracks from that album, get info and increase the total tracks by one.
And there you have it: the hidden track becomes visible, can be selected, jumped to, independently rated and play-count-monitored. And if you didn't like it in the first place, you can chop it off the final track of the album.
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by japester on Dec 06 | 7:15 pm
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