Audio editing program.

orald · Post by **orald** » 07 Jul 2008 20:58

Can someone give me a tip on some simple-to-use audio editing program?
Just want to slice a long(1 hour) mp3 track into more managable pieces.

SimonH · Post by **SimonH** » 07 Jul 2008 23:16

this may help

http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

I use this for audio recording and trimming and mixing. Not simple but not too complex either.

I think you will need something else to convert mp3 to wav, trim and then convert back to mp3 though.

orald · Post by **orald** » 08 Jul 2008 09:43

Thanks, I'll check it later on.

Any more suggestions(and really, keep them as simple as possible)?

Edit: Anything that comes as a one-piece download, unlike this Kristal?

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » 08 Jul 2008 12:58

Try this one http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 08 Jul 2008 18:39

(I was wondering why no one had mentioned Audacity yet.

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Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » 08 Jul 2008 19:24

Audacity is a pretty cool program.

Spicelon · Post by **Spicelon** » 08 Jul 2008 20:27

i paid $12 for a legit copy of Total Recorder. It does exactly what you want, although I'm sure you can find freeware. Audacity is probably the best bet.

orald · Post by **orald** » 09 Jul 2008 02:54

Trying it out now.

Edit: OK, finished.

Basically I cut the Conan movie soundtrack I had into more managable pieces(had an hour+ track) and gave them the appropriate names(well, the ones I knew the names of and the ones I could associate clearly with certain scenes).
I cut&pasted sections into new project windows(ctrl+c, ctrl+n, ctrl+v

), then exported as WAV.

Ditched a little "redundant" track where it was basically a repeat or mesh of two other bits.

But now I need a way to convert my WAV to MP3. Audacity told me I needed some .dll to export as MP3 directly, but I didn't know where to get it. Anyone can tell me now or just give a new, simple program to convert them?

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 09 Jul 2008 05:25

try this if you wanna.
http://www.wav-mp3.com/
I've never used it so to may suck/have malware, eeck it's not free but there's a trail version.

Audicy walk-through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igu1JT1NVk

Hope they help.

What's the dll called, IIRC i just googled it and it was the first hit.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » 09 Jul 2008 13:12

You need this lame_enc.dll Follow the instructions here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/fa ... m=lame-mp3 IF that doesn't work try this website http://www.evilzenscientist.com/blog/20 ... -audacity/

orald · Post by **orald** » 09 Jul 2008 16:17

OK, will check out later when I've got more brain juice.

Edit: OK, did it, will check now just cuz I wanna get my voice sample over here already.