{"id":440392,"date":"2010-03-17T19:15:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=20815"},"modified":"2010-04-27T19:07:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:07:04","slug":"how-to-create-a-cue-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/440392","title":{"rendered":"How To Create A Cue Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>On Tuesday, we talked about splitting large music tracks into smaller ones<\/a> with the help of cue files. I\u2019d mention that I\u2019ll soon write a tutorial on creating a cue sheet yourself. True to my word, here\u2019s the tutorial on creating a cue sheet with your own hands!<\/p>\n

For a quick recap \u201cA cue sheet has an extension of .cue and its contents tell the splitting program<\/em> where each individual track starts and ends.\u201d In technical terms \u201cIt\u2019s a metadata file which describes how the contents of a CD, DVD or a compilation are to be laid out.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s say you have a music mix called Junkyard Mix.mp3. <\/em>It\u2019s music mix containing all the tracks interlocked. There\u2019s no cue file available so you just can\u2019t use a cue splitter and split the file as easily. You\u2019ll now need to create a cue sheet.<\/p>\n

Creating a cue sheet is pretty simple. There are a few commands\/tags you\u2019ll need to take care of and the syntax is simple. Just like many other scripts, you\u2019ll need to create this one in a text editor; for example Notepad. I will first go through the tags and will then explain with an example.<\/p>\n

TITLE<\/span>: This tag is used two occasions. Once while mentioning the name of the album and the second time when you mention the title of an individual track. In the former case, the tag is used in the beginning of the document; in the latter, it is used after that TRACK<\/em> tag<\/p>\n

PERFORMER<\/span>: Once used to define the artist of the album as a whole and second time after the TRACK<\/em> tag to define the artist of an individual track.<\/p>\n

FILE:<\/span> Defines the name of the compilation file, from where to derive the data (Junkyard Mix.mp3<\/em> in this case)<\/p>\n

TRACK:<\/span> Defines a track by its number and data type. Other tags that define the track are placed under it in the hierarchy.<\/p>\n

INDEX:<\/span> Indicates the start position within the data where a given track begins, in MM:SS:FR (minute-second-frame) format (for example, 04:18:63 = 4 minutes, 18 seconds, 63 frames).<\/p>\n

That covers the rudimentary tags of a cue sheet. That\u2019s probably all you will need to get started. Now let have it with an example. Let\u2019s say Junkyard Mix.mp3, <\/em>the album, <\/em>is composed of two individual tracks: Grease Sweep<\/em> and Burning Tires<\/em>. Let\u2019s say the album\u2019s artist is Johny Wrench. (Don\u2019t google them! They\u2019re all hypothetical :D ) This is how the cue sheet should be laid out in this scenario:<\/p>\n

\"2967338475_bc48bd8d93_b\"<\/a>TITLE \u201cJunkyard Mix\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

PERFORMER \u201cJohny Wrench\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

FILE \u201cJunkyard Mix.mp3\u201d MP3<\/em><\/p>\n

TRACK 01 AUDIO<\/em><\/p>\n

TITLE \u201cGrease Sweep\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

PERFORMER \u201cJohny Wrench\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

INDEX 01 00:00:00<\/em><\/p>\n

TRACK 02 AUDIO<\/em><\/p>\n

TITLE \u201cBurning Tires\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

PERFORMER \u201cJohny Wrench\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

INDEX 01 12:42:00<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s go through it again. The TITLE track at the beginning marks the name of the album. The next PERFORMER tag marks the name of the album artist. FILE is for the file name of the compilation. Next we have definitions the comprising tracks. TRACK 01 AUDIO marks the definition of the first track. It says that the first track\u2019s track number is 01 and its data type is audio. It then goes on to define the TITLE of the song and its PERFORMER in the respective tags. The second track has also been handled in the same way. The INDEX tag tells the program where the song is beginning.<\/p>\n

The first track always begins at 00:00:00. You\u2019ll have to mark the beginnings of each track so that you can define the correct beginning and therefore, ending of each song. It is crucial that your timing is correct or the results won\u2019t be appealing.<\/p>\n

After everything is done, save the document with a .cue<\/em> extension and then use it to split the music compilation with the help of this tutorial.<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Dani Sarda<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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TAGS:<\/strong> cue<\/a>, MP3<\/a>, Music<\/a>, tracks<\/a><\/span>
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