Disclaimer

Information on the cue sheet pages are taken from the helpfile of cdrwin.

Cue Sheet Examples Index

Example 01

Audio disc from a single WAV file with no "pause areas" between tracks

FILE "C:\MYAUDIO.WAV" WAVE
 TRACK 01 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 00:00:00
 TRACK 02 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 05:50:65
 TRACK 03 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 09:47:50
 TRACK 04 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 15:12:53
 TRACK 05 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 25:02:40
 TRACK 06 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 27:34:05
 TRACK 07 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 31:58:53
 TRACK 08 AUDIO
  INDEX 01 35:08:65

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Example 02

Audio disc from multiple source files (one track per file) with no "pause areas" between tracks. Note: You can "mix and match" different audio filetypes within the same cue sheet (WAVE, AIFF, MP3, etc).

FILE "C:\TRACK1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK2.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK1.AIF" AIFF
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK2.AIF" AIFF
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK1.MP3" MP3
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK2.MP3" MP3
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00

The files will be recorded continuously with no gaps between them. However, if any file is not an exact multiple of the CDROM sector size (2352 bytes), then the last sector will be automatically padded with zeros. This could result in a gap between tracks with a maximum length of 1/75th second.

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Example 03

Audio disc using multiple data files (multiple tracks per file) with no "pause areas" between tracks.

FILE "C:\TRACK1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 05:50:65
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 09:47:50
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 15:12:53
FILE "C:\TRACK2.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00 (*1)
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 02:31:40
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 06:56:13
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 10:06:25

(*1)
All times relative to beginning of current file

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Example 04

Audio disc with "pause areas" between tracks.

FILE "C:\MYAUDIO1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	INDEX 00 05:49:65 ; 1 second pregap
	INDEX 01 05:50:65
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	INDEX 00 09:45:50 ; 2 second pregap
	INDEX 01 09:47:50
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	INDEX 00 15:09:53 ; 3 second pregap
	INDEX 01 15:12:53

pause areas are written with data from the current file. It is not required that this data be "digital silence" (all zeros). The first track always begins with a mandatory two second pregap. This is required by the CDROM specification and is generated automatically by the software.

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Example 05

Using the PREGAP command.

FILE "C:\MYAUDIO1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	PREGAP 00:01:00 ; add one second to
	INDEX 01 00:00:00 ; the first track pregap
FILE "C:\MYAUDIO2.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	PREGAP 00:02:00
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\MYAUDIO3.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	PREGAP 00:01:00
	INDEX 00 00:00:00
	INDEX 01 00:01:00

The data that is written as a result of any PREGAP command is always generated internally by your cdr writing program. (the data is not consumed from the current file). It is possible to mix the source of the pregaps as shown in TRACK 03... one second of pregap will be generated internally and another second will be consumed from the file. All pregaps that are generated internally contain "digital silence" (all zeros).

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Example 06

Using the CATALOG, ISRC, and INDEX commands.

CATALOG 3898347789120
FILE "C:\MYAUDIO1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	ISRC ABCDE1234567
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
	INDEX 02 02:00:00
	INDEX 03 04:00:00
FILE "C:\MYAUDIO2.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	ISRC XYZZY0000000
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	ISRC 123456789012
	INDEX 00 03:00:00
	INDEX 01 03:02:00
	INDEX 02 05:34:32
	INDEX 03 08:12:49
	INDEX 04 10:01:74

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Example 07

Single track DATA disc (cannot be used for Philips compatible recorders).

FILE "C:\MYDATA.ISO" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  POSTGAP 00:02:00 ; Must add postgap to track!

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Example 08

Single track DATA disc (using a RAW image file).

FILE "C:\MYDATA.RAW" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  POSTGAP 00:02:00 ; Must add postgap to track!

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Example 09

Mixed-mode Disc (one data track and three audio tracks).

FILE "C:\MYDATA.ISO" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  POSTGAP 00:02:00
FILE "C:\MYAUDIO.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
  PREGAP 00:02:00
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 05:50:65
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 09:47:50

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Example 10

Mixed-mode Disc (one data tracks and four audio tracks).

FILE "C:\MYDATA1.ISO" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK1.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
  PREGAP 00:02:00
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK2.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK3.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "C:\TRACK4.WAV" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
	INDEX 01 00:00:00

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Example 11

Audio disc with CD-TEXT titles .

TITLE "Nirvana - Nevermind"
PERFORMER "Nirvana"
SONGWRITER "Lyrics by Kurt Cobain and Music by Nirvana"
FILE "C:\NIRVANA.BIN" BINARY
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	TITLE "Smells like teen spirit"
	INDEX 00 00:00:00
	INDEX 01 00:00:37
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	TITLE "In bloom"
	INDEX 00 05:01:67
	INDEX 01 05:02:32
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	TITLE "Come as you are"
	INDEX 00 09:16:63
	INDEX 01 09:17:25
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	TITLE "Breed"
	INDEX 01 12:56:22
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
	TITLE "Lithium"
	INDEX 00 15:59:35
	INDEX 01 16:00:17
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
	TITLE "Polly"
	INDEX 00 20:16:38
	INDEX 01 20:17:15
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
	TITLE "Territorial pissings"
	INDEX 00 23:11:17
	INDEX 01 23:14:17
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
	TITLE "Drain you"
	INDEX 01 25:37:10
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
	TITLE "Lounge act"
	INDEX 01 29:21:02
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
	TITLE "Stay away"
	INDEX 00 31:57:40
	INDEX 01 31:57:72
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
	TITLE "On a plain"
	INDEX 00 35:29:40
	INDEX 01 35:30:35
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
	TITLE "Something in the way"
	INDEX 00 38:44:55

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