Hi. Just as a heads up, if anyone needs any audio editing done in future, feel free to drop me a message off list. I can do detailed edits and deliver it back to you in many different file formats.
Thanks, Cameron. On 6/27/12, BlindMacMan <blindmac...@mac.com> wrote: > Thanks, Esther! I did not even think of iTunes! That is a quick and dirty > solution that works... And I do not mind getting my hands dirty! As always, > > you are the best... Lou (BlindMacMan). > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:07:35 PM UTC-7, Esther wrote: >> >> Hi Lou, >> >> I know this sounds a bit hokey, but couldn't you just use iTunes in this >> case to chop out the section you want? If you don't already have the >> RestartAt AppleScript, you can still download it (for the next couple of >> days) from Tim Kliburn's VoiceOver Downloads page: >> http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html >> >> Add your AIFF file to iTunes and use this AppleScript to make the fine >> adjustment controls of the start and stop times that you need -- or just >> use the fast forward or rewind controls to position yourself up. Then, >> select the track and do a Command-I ("Get Info"), navigate to the Options >> >> tab, and fill in the text boxes for start and stop time to select your >> section. Change your import setting to AIFF under the General tab of >> iTunes preferences by pressing the "Import Settings" button and then press >> >> the "Import Using" pop up button and set it to "AIFF". Now if you go the >> >> Advanced menu on the iTunes menu bar there will be an option "Create AIFF" >> >> version. If you select it, a second version of your track, with only the >> >> section between your specified start and stop times, will appear in your >> iTunes library. Since you're using a lossless format and going from AIFF >> >> file to AIFF file you shouldn't lose any quality, and all the existing >> tagging information will be preserved. Don't forget to use Command-I on >> your original track and delete the start and stop time information on the >> >> Options tab. And you probably want to reset your default importing >> preference back to whatever you were using. >> >> This is quick and dirty, but it all works quite simply. I suspect you may >> >> already have the RestartAt AppleScript, but you may not have used it for a >> >> while. There are complete instructions on how to install and use the >> RestartAt AppleScript with the download, which basically amounts to >> placing >> the AppleScript, either via copy or move, into the Library/iTunes/Scripts >> >> folder for your account. If this is the first time you are adding an >> AppleScript to iTunes, you will have to create the Scripts folder. Any >> AppleScripts placed into this folder will show up on your iTunes menu bar >> >> as items in a "Scripts" menu that is located just before the "Help" menu. >> >> In Lion the Library folder is hidden, but you can still navigate to it in >> >> Finder. If you want to unhide your Library folder, you can go to Terminal >> >> in your home directory and type: “chflags nohidden Library” (without the >> >> quotation marks) and press return. Then, just use the RestartAt script >> the >> way you would any other menu option: highlight the track you want to work >> >> with and navigate to "RestartAt" in the AppleScript menu on the iTunes >> menu >> bar. You can fill in a staring time in the dialog box (e.g. 52:10.715 for >> >> 52 minutes and 10.715 seconds), or just accept the default value (which >> will be the time at the current playhead position, that will be listed). >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2012, at 08:09, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> > I couldn't figure out an easy way to do this with QT. Generally QT has >> shortcuts to jump to the ends to cut off junk before and after the good >> stuff in your audio, but not a good way to jump in the middle and all the >> >> navigation is slow by counting off seconds as you creep across the >> timeline. Long format stuff like this might be best left to a 'real' audio >> >> app like Garage Band or get familiar with a command-line audio tool like >> Sox. >> > >> > CB >> > >> > On 6/27/12 1:05 PM, blindmac...@mac.com wrote: >> >> Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want >> to trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and >> position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I >> select the "Trim..." command and then try to set the "Start Trim" handle >> to >> the "Current Time." But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the >> >> handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says "busy" and I cannot do >> anything. I *CAN* move the "Start Trim" handle by 3 tenths of a second >> using VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute >> >> mark... Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without >> VoiceOver with no problem.) >> >> >> >> I am on a new 13" MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any >> help... Lou (BlindMacMan). >> >> >> > >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries/-/m1YrMWApLoUJ. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
