Rip as one replacement?

[GiacomoGo]

Do I recall correctly that prior versions of CD Ripper included a (very handy) "rip as 1" functionality?

Anyone with a good alternative technique?

I've tried the grabber DSP and find it produces unexpected results despite several attempts to "grab" a precise duration from precise offset from beginning or end of a track.

I found the old "rip as one" especially helpful for separating hidden tracks from the last track on a CD. For example, rip from start of last track to the silence/gap, and then rip from end of that gap to the end of the track.

I struggle to do that with grabber.

As a specific example, see the final track of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go...*Track_listing

• "Impossibility / Sub Balloon"
• composed of "Impossibility" [0:00 - 3:01], and hidden track "Sub Balloon" [6:35 - 13:38]

Accordingly, I've tried to "grabber" two separate rips from this one CD track:

• 3:01 duration from 0 position from beginning, and
• 7:03 duration from 7:03 position from end

Two complaints with "grabber"

1. timing never quite works out right, even if I try to pad by a few seconds
2. audible pops at the start and stop of the rip

Anyone with a good alternative technique to achieve such straightforward rips?
Thanks!

[GiacomoGo]

Re: Rip as one replacement?

Shame on me
"Rip as One" is still in the menu.

So all is again well in my ripping world : )

[GBrown]

Re: Rip as one replacement?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Hum*Track_listing[/url]

• "Impossibility / Sub Balloon"
• composed of "Impossibility" [0:00 - 3:01], and hidden track "Sub Balloon" [6:35 - 13:38]

Accordingly, I've tried to "grabber" two separate rips from this one CD track:

• 3:01 duration from 0 position from beginning, and
• 7:03 duration from 7:03 position from end

I also use the rip as 1 method for these split and hidden tracks, Using Audacity to identify and create the split points. But it does lose the Accurate rip info at that point. No concern for me, as long as I know the original rip was good.

For the second track in your example, I assume you are correctly using 7:03 duration from 6:35 position to end?