Mastering: silence in the beginning and end of tracks

[KillFrenzy]

Hey guys, maybe this is of no importance at all, but I'd like to know if you have any "personal stardard" for that. I don't mean the 2s between tracks. I'm asking about the silences WITHIN wave files.
I noticed that there's no pattern at all in some mainstream productions. In the same CD I found tracks with 300, 400, 600ms. Is there any point on leaving so much silence? Something mp3-related? Personally I don't see why it should be 'cause there are lots of CDs with no silence between tracks, but I'd like to know what you guys do.

Cheers

 

[-Noodles-]

If it's a studio CD - I'll leave a short gap (less than 1 second).

If it's a live CD then it'll have cross fades.

 

[soundsunderground]

The reason you want some silence is because some players, hardware and software, will skip the first 100ms or so. I always do about 300 ms at the beginning of each track.

 

[waltz mastering]

100ms to 300ms from the start marker seems to be pretty standard.

 

[KillFrenzy]

The reason you want some silence is because some players, hardware and software, will skip the first 100ms or so. I always do about 300 ms at the beginning of each track.

Thanks man. Didn't know that.

 

[paladin shredder]

i just cut out the first couple of seconds for each of the bands songs. i don't get much repeat business for some reason.

 

[rfahey86]

i just cut out the first couple of seconds for each of the bands songs. i don't get much repeat business for some reason.

Maybe you needed to cut a bit more? Some bands are never satisfied!! lol

 

[KillFrenzy]

The rest of you do it randomly?

 

[MetalSound]

i usually go for 20 ms. don´t feel the need to wait for half a second before the song starts. most players that can handle the "quick" beginning are really old.
there are also professional cds out there that don´t leave any silence in the beginning and between the tracks (soad -hypnotize/mesmerize for example).

 

[soundwarebt]

I spent 15 years in radio broadcasting as a technician.
Experience: 5 CD-frames (0.0666 sec) silence is optimal.

 

[AHChris]

I spent 15 years in radio broadcasting as a technician.
Experience: 5 CD-frames (0.0666 sec) silence is optimal.

And pretty metal lol