mikepinkerton Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I was pulling stuff off my portable Boss recorder today trimming the tracks in Logic, and re-bouncing to mp3. Sometimes I found that the bounced mp3 file would have a 20s gap of total silence at the start. Anyone ever see this? I verified when I bounced that the start was (1 1 1 1) and the end was the appropriate length. There were no regions selected, no cycle region, and the song started at (1 1 1 1). If i rewound the song to the start and hit play, there was no gap. Sometimes I'd re-bounce and the same thing would happen. Then trying again would fix it. No settings changed or anything. One minor variable was the Boss BR600 mounted over USB. I noticed that if I always ejected the volume before bouncing, it seemed to not do it any more, but I can't be certain. What's up here? -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzooo Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hi, Mike-- This may or may not be helpful but I was having the same problems. I noticed, after much trail and error, that the start and end times DO indeed change if you tweak anything like a title or bounce destination/format, or simply when you stop and start the bounce process. I would describe the start and end times as 'slippery' like an eel. Drove me nuts. Also, if you bounce in real time and listen, you'll at last hear if it is happening so you can stop and start again. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepinkerton Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Hrm, I specifically checked every time that the start time was (1 1 1 1). I know that didn't change for sure. I guess i could try bouncing in real-time, but it's such a pain. -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzooo Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 " I guess i could try bouncing in real-time, but it's such a pain. " The only reason I suggest it is that you will instantly know if you've started at the music, or if there will be a 20 second gap. If the gap, you can stop the bounce by typing apple + . and start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyronehowe Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hello I have experienced this very problem just a few days ago. Had a simple project with a single mono audio track that I wanted to bounce to MP3. In fact, I had 5 such audio files to bounce. Four of the five worked Ok, but one had this annoying gap. The length of the created MP3 file was correct, but the audio started 16 seconds late and so, consequently, the last 16 seconds of the bounce was cut off. My only solution was to bounce to WAV (which worked) and then use iTunes to convert to MP3. Not much of a solution, I know, and sorry I can’t help you solve the problem. I wasn’t interested in using a workaround that meant using real-time bounce since each piece of audio was about 30 mins long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepinkerton Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Weird, I've never had this problem until recently and little in my setup has changed. I guess I thought it could be related to the Boss BR600, but I doubt you guys have one of those mounted over USB at the same time, eh? Good to know i'm not entirely crazy. -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 One minor variable was the Boss BR600 mounted over USB. I noticed that if I always ejected the volume before bouncing, it seemed to not do it any more, but I can't be certain. Are you copying the wav files from the Boss to your hard drive first, then bringing them into Logic? Or are you forcing Logic to read audio files from the Boss volume? Do you leave cycle mode active after setting the bounce range with your locators? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepinkerton Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Are you copying the wav files from the Boss to your hard drive first, then bringing them into Logic? Or are you forcing Logic to read audio files from the Boss volume? Copying to the hard drive, then bringing into logic. Do you leave cycle mode active after setting the bounce range with your locators? Cycle mode is never active. -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Cycle mode is never active. OK, enable cycle, set the locator range for what you want to bounce, then leave cycle enabled and click bounce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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