you might wish to look at MP3DirectCut. It is a free direct mp3 editor, splitter, cutter and recorder. You can download it from http://www.mpesch3.de
Some brief notes I have regarding shortcuts for this program are as follows: Rewind and fast forward using cursor left and right or page-up and page-down. The latter two keys move faster than the first two. How many frames each pair moves can be set via the menu system. b: Marks the beginning of a selection n: marks the end of a selection Note, that one can have several selections simultaneously in one file. To activate a specific selection, one can use the menu system of Mp3DirectCut. The following commands use the numbers row above the letter keys, not the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard. These commands move by frame. One frame is about a 38th of a second: 1: Move the left margin of a selection one frame to the left 2: Move the left margin of a selection one frame to the right 3: Move the right margin of a selection one frame to the left 4: Move the right margin of a selection one frame to the right With the following keys, one can exactly hear, where the margins of a selection are: F5: Plays the two seconds before the left margin of a selection F6: Plays the first two seconds of a selection F7: Plays the last two seconds of a selection F8: Plays the two seconds after the right margin of a selection F9: Plays the file around the selection as if the block had been cut out To cut a selection one can press the delete key. This does not touch the MP3 file. It just modifies an MP3DirectCut index. Therefore, cuts can be made quickly. There are also menu options and shortcut keys to save a selection into a different file. To split an MP3 file, which consists of a complete album, one can use the pause detection feature, which can be reached via the menu system. It will set a marker before each song. These markers are actually selections with a length of zero. To check the markers, one can go from one to the other with Control cursor right and Control cursor left. The file can then be split according to the markers. Or one can save a cue sheet file or an MP3 DirectCut project file. Both would contain the markers. With these marker files, one can easily find certain positions in an MP3 file. To go to a specific time position, Control-p can be used. The edit box is a bit strange, don't delete the words in it, just modify the file position. One has to leave the apostrophes, which separate hours minutes and seconds alone. The program needs these apostrophes Then, there are the recording shortcuts. r: Opens the record dialog, in which sighted people can adjust the recording level p: Starts the recording, when the recording dialog is open s: Stops the recording. Regards, Barry Chapman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Ramage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:50 PM Subject: RE: looking for free editor Hi Donald. To my knowledge, there are no free audio editors. They will all cost you and the cost varies widely. However there is a trial period with Gold Wave which gives you full functionality for a limited period. If you were able to get your work done with in the prescribed time limit then it wouldn't cost you anything. I don't know if you use a mouse and hence have some sight or a screen reader in which case, you would have to also install the scripts to help you use the programme efficiently. Walter. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald Sent: 12 October 2008 12:44 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: looking for free editor I am looking for a free sound editor that will let me take songs off a cassette tape and put them in to separate files. Donald Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1720 - Release Date: 11/10/2008 3:59 PM Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
