# Program to lay down track markers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189 "2002-12-07T21:05:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189/1 "2002-12-07T21:05:24Z")

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I have several live sets of music and such which are in one large audio file (mp3/wav). Does anyone know a good program (preferably free but not necessarily) which will allow me to lay down some track markers before I burn it to CD? It’s a bit annoying to have a CD with one 74min track.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189/2 "2002-12-07T21:11:56Z")

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Chop 'em up.

Seriously.

Get an editing program, and cut them into separate, smaller pieces. Go to [download.com](http://download.com) or someplace, and search for “mp3 editor” or “wav editor” or whatever.

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**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189/3 "2002-12-07T23:11:44Z")

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Thanks for the reply Garf. However, I have thought of this method and I guess its the best option at this point. I was just wondering if there was some sort of program that would make this a little easier, possibly part of the burning prog. Thanks anways. I’d appreciate any other ideas.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-lay-down-track-markers/141189/4 "2002-12-07T23:50:48Z")

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The easiest way _is_ probably to cut it up into individual tracks with whatever wav editor you have handy. One thing-- make sure when you write the CD, you remember to adjust the settings to prevent it from inserting a small silence in between tracks.