Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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SCAREORAMA wrote:

I'm trying to divide a very large mp3 dance mix (which lasts 100 mins
plus) using SoundForge v. 5 so that I can burn it onto two separate
discs. Problem is, the PDF Help File is like a flamin' encyclopedia and
I'm struggling to extract the precise instructions from it for what I
need to do.


There surely must be a simple MP3 editing proggy available for a PC? I
don't use a PC, but have got an excellent one for mine - but it only does
Wave. It draws out the waveform for you, and you then highlight the part
you want. Then listen to it and trim the in/out points if needed. Then
simply copy it out. Ideal for topping and tailing LP tracks when
transferring to CD.

a couple of seconds googling found the very thing - mp3directcut. Free
and quick: load the mp3, click at the track points, click 'cut', File,
save split - it's done.


Trouble with many of the excellent progs like Soundforge and Cooledit is
the learning curve even for simple operations.


I remember using CEP and found it a faff similar to SF. Anyways, just
looked at SF again and it's not too tricky:

1) Place a marker at the point you want the track to start (shortcut:
M), continue M-ing at all the split points;
2)Click Special, Regions list, Markers to Regions (this'll show you the
list of 'tracks' - you can check you've done it correctly at this point);
3) Tools, extract regions.

It's done, *but* they're extracted as wavs. So you have to convert them
back to MP3s (using the original bitrate or lower - there's no point
upping it) - you can do that in Soundforge or something more elegant
like dbpower.

Rob