"Don Pearce" wrote

Probably the best thing you could do is move everything into a more
conducive environment for editing. Copy your CD into a PC, then use
virtually any DAW software to perform all the manipulation you want.
You can then burn back to CD with any gaps (or no gaps) that you want.

You may want to release the final versions as MP3, but don't let that
format become a part of the production process; you lose quality at
every stage and it isn't recoverable.


Actually re-reading the OP's post I think maybe his *is* using a PC for
editing. He talks about using "mixcraft" and burning to CD. But these
apparently add 3 seconds and 2 seconds of silence respectively to the ends
of the files. Clearly he is using the wrong software. I use CoolEdit to
create and Nero to burn, neither necessarily adds any silence.

But I also wonder why he wants to burn to CD at all. Direct playback from a
lap-top seems to me to be far and away the easiest and most satisfactory way
of playing out SFX during a performance. For the price he paid for his dual
CD player he could have bought a suitable laptop.

David.