User Manual

392 | CHAPTER 21
Adding pauses
Each audio CD track in your project should have a two-second pause following it. This default setting is based on the Red Book
specification for audio CDs. The exception to this standard is a continuous recording, such as a live concert CD. For a continuous
recording, you can omit the pauses after tracks for continuous playback.
For more information, see Red Book specification on page
471.
If you use the Add as CD Track command to add tracks from the Project Media window, the appropriate pauses are added
automatically. However, if you are laying out your project manually, you must create these pauses between audio CD tracks.
1.
Position the cursor where you want to insert the pause.
2.
From the Insert menu, choose Time. The Insert Time dialog is displayed.
3.
Enter two seconds in the Amount of time to insert box.
4.
Click OK. Two seconds are inserted in the timeline at the cursor position.
Marking tracks automatically
Vegas Pro software can examine the events in your project and mark the audio CD tracks for you. Once the tracks are marked, you
can adjust them manually if necessary. For more information, see Moving track and index markers on page 393.
1.
Lay out your project with two-second pauses between tracks.
2.
From the Tools menu, choose Lay Out Audio CD from Events.
The new audio CD track markers appear on the CD layout bar above the timeline. The name of the media file for each event is used
to name the tracks.
Marking tracks manually
You can make a time selection and then mark that selection as an audio CD track.
1.
Make a time selection that includes the audio for the new track.
2.
From the Insert menu, choose Audio CD Track Region. The markers for the new audio CD track appear on the CD layout bar.
Note:
The Red Book specification also requires a two-second pause at the beginning of an audio CD. If the first track in your project
begins before the two-second mark, a ruler is added offset to ensure the project begins with the required two-second pause.
Two-second pauses