How can I get rid of the gaps from CDs burnt in TAO mode?
Firstly, extract all the tracks to WAV files using EAC, CD Paranoia or another good digital audio extractor. Now open the first track in your audio editor. Zoom in to the beginning of the file and delete any silence you find there. Zoom into the end of the file and do the same. Repeat this process for every WAV file. You may be able to use WAVtrim to do all this for you, but I find it unreliable. The easy method is now to burn the WAV files in Disc At Once mode and you’re done. This will sometimes result in a flawless copy, although there are often tiny clicks between tracks. If you want to do the conversion perfectly, continue reading! Now use your audio editor to join all the edited WAV files up into one long WAV file. CoolEdit Pro has an “Open Append” item on the “File” menu, which is very handy for doing this. I have also been told there is a utility called “WavMerge” that can do this, but I haven’t been able to find a copy to test it. In Linux or Mac OS X, you can use “sox” to con
