can anyone suggest any good free programs to join mp3 files. i hav most of my cd's split into indvidual tracks cause i like to know the names of tracks and all, but now i would like to join a few of those cd's cause u get a better flow without a one sec gap when i listen through my ipod. any suggestions will be greatly appericated. Thanks

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[URL="http://musicutter.szm.sk/"]musiCutter[/URL]

1. Select page "Files to join"
2. Select files in upper part of window
3. Use buttons Add/Delete to manage files in list
4. You can reorder the files in list using mouse (drag&drop)
5. Adjust "Output filename" if neccessary
6. Hit "Join now!" button

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Thanks for the program nikolic but i have just tried it and i kept getting these joining frame errors. do u know how to fix them??

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Not sure too mate. Don't usually use it for joining. But gave google a a quick flick, and could be that each mp3 is at a different bit rate, or encoded differently. Maybe try re-encoding it all to a standard format, and maybe even get rid of ID3 tags. But, this is a guess, I'm not entirely sure.

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Btw, if all else fails... I'm sure you can find heaps of free programs on the net. [URL="http://www.download.com"]www.download.com[/URL] usually does the trick for free stuff. Not sure of any high-grade software though. Unless you import it all into ableton and tweek it... which seems like a waste of time.

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Thanks mate i will hunt around

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Try Roxio Media creator 9.

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My first choice for what you need from this list [URL]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23150[/URL] would be Exact Audio Copy. If you have the tracks on CDR's anyway, you can just rip them to a single file mp3 with no gasps in the bitrate you like and it even generates a cue..it is also Freeware.

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mp3directcut allows you to copy and paste mp3s into each other, usually manages to get over resync errors too.

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[URL="http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/199200"]Just came across some people talking about joining mp3s, some good options there.[/URL]

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once you rip a CD to multi tracks, you can't join them back together flawlessly. MP3 technology indicates a few frames delay in the beginning to write the header/tag to...you can see this if you ever load several tracks "together" in a sound editor.

Best bet is to re-rip it as one file if you still have the CD...or you'll have to load it into an editor, delete the small gaps, then save it back out as one file.

Oh and use FreeRip to rip CD's...it's exactly what it says it is :D

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You can also join them in DOS.