The Beatles Black Box Mono Collection (1982)

[beatlesnyttigt]

Many MANY Black thanks Mrbeatleg, gorgeous Robert

[alphabeatles]

Thanks guys for the multiple and diverse answers I had to my question (not so silly question after all).
I know Audacity could do the splitting job but it looks complicated, at least to me.

Ay efficient app, preferably in Mac ?

Thanks to Mrbeatleg for another amazing share from his bottomless pit of STUFF!

As for splitting LP tracks, of course you would rip each side of the disc in one shot and split (or not) later. I always do the splits for my own collection, and go a step further and clean the tops and tails of each song.

I don't care for the vinyl "experience", I heard enough of that back in the day! IMO, vinyl noise is the medium that gets in the way of the message. There was no crackle or rumble in the studio. But the warmth (so they say)-!

I personally recommend Sound Studio 4 for Mac (you can add markers, and batch split them all in one shot).

In Audacity you can split up the long track by using Edit>Audio Clips>Split, but I'm trying to figure out how to export the pieces separately (the various File>Export options are not doing it for me).

[robbmacc]

Just curious alphabeatles...and I know t's pedantic, but when you split tracks do you hold to the silence between tracks. I know it's a bit stupid, but I 'hear' the pauses between songs because I've heard the original LPs so often it's ingrained

[InnerLight]

In Audacity I usually just

1) place "Labels" using Ctrl-B (Windows) at the very beginning, then at the start of every track
2) name them "01 She Loves You", "02 This Boy" and so on
3) do File | Export | Export Multiple
4) in section "Split Files Based On" I select "Labels", and in section "Name Files" I select "Using Label/Track Name"

You could probably leave the number out of the label and then choose one of the other options in "Name Files". I just do it this way because I then have the option of skipping things (think non-Beatles recordings). Like if there's a long talking section, or 30 seconds of static I want to skip, I'll just label it "00 Static" or "00 Skip1" or something like that and all the bits I want are numbered the way I want them.

[alphabeatles]

Just curious alphabeatles...and I know t's pedantic, but when you split tracks do you hold to the silence between tracks. I know it's a bit stupid, but I 'hear' the pauses between songs because I've heard the original LPs so often it's ingrained

No problem, no, like I said, I don't care about the vinyl experience. I make each track standalone, clean – almost like a CD but with vinyl-sourced audio (within the song itself).

[alphabeatles]

In Audacity I usually just

1) place "Labels" using Ctrl-B (Windows) at the very beginning, then at the start of every track
2) name them "01 She Loves You", "02 This Boy" and so on
3) do File | Export | Export Multiple
4) in section "Split Files Based On" I select "Labels", and in section "Name Files" I select "Using Label/Track Name"

You could probably leave the number out of the label and then choose one of the other options in "Name Files". I just do it this way because I then have the option of skipping things (think non-Beatles recordings). Like if there's a long talking section, or 30 seconds of static I want to skip, I'll just label it "00 Static" or "00 Skip1" or something like that and all the bits I want are numbered the way I want them.

Thanks for taking time to offer your advice!

[WOA76]

https://www.discogs.com/release/5657500 ... Collection
Thank you for the great posted...

[yymca6]

In Audacity I usually just

1) place "Labels" using Ctrl-B (Windows) at the very beginning, then at the start of every track
2) name them "01 She Loves You", "02 This Boy" and so on
3) do File | Export | Export Multiple
4) in section "Split Files Based On" I select "Labels", and in section "Name Files" I select "Using Label/Track Name"

You could probably leave the number out of the label and then choose one of the other options in "Name Files". I just do it this way because I then have the option of skipping things (think non-Beatles recordings). Like if there's a long talking section, or 30 seconds of static I want to skip, I'll just label it "00 Static" or "00 Skip1" or something like that and all the bits I want are numbered the way I want them.

Thanks for these precise instructions.

I just did PPM and I think it's OK. I did it on bigger waveforms to be sure to get the silences out at the end of the songs, but also kept the uncut tracks just in case.

[Mrbeatleg]

The 'Black Mono Box' contains UK albums pressed in UK mainly for export to the US as I understand it but I can't understand is why there's no
'gibberish' at the end of A Day In The Life.
I know that it's not on the US made albums but shouldn't it be on here?


Tubla (Stephan)

when i was ripping this I didn't let it go to the inner groove. I stopped it after the long last chord and I should have let it go. I discovered that there is the "inner groove" gibberish. I am re-recording it and will post it. Sorry for the mix up.

[Mrbeatleg]

This is a replacement for Side 2 of Sgt Pepper. When I was ripping side 2 I did not let it go to the inner groove. This was pointed out in the post. (thanks Tubla for noticing this)

Sorry for the mix up. I re-recorded side 2 and it now has the gibberish at the end.

Just delete the original Side 2 download and replace it with this one.



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