Re: [Harp-L] Oh, another software question!

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jaime Viehweg wrote:
> I usually record myself playing when I play for my teacher.  Sometimes
> at home when I think I "have it".  Often times in class there is some
> delay in starting or a bit of extra time at the end before I can stop
> the recorder.  Ok, finally the question:
>
> What software out there is good for editing MP3 files.  Mostly to trim
> the beginning and end, but the ability to patch various files together
> or do some tweaking of the sound (raise up the volume, for example) would
> be good, too.  I guess I'm looking for a fairly simple, easy to use,
> sound mixing type of thingy...?  Can you tell I don't know much about
> this sort of thing?
>
> I usually use Windoze Media Player to slow down stuff so forgive me if
> the often mentioned packages (like Amazing Slow-downer) do this sort
> of thing.  I just don't know it!
>
> Thanks.
>
> jaime
> _______________________________________________

The freeware Audacity (sourceforge.net) is not bad and the price is 
right.  GoldWave, a shareware product for around $50 will do a lot more 
than you need, but will give you an idea of what a pro package will do. 
 It's also one of the few true shareware software packages left.  You 
get an infinite trial period.

Anything you use on mp3s will need to expand them to .wav or something 
else before operating on them.  There's some loss of fidelity in 
expanding and recompressing, but in the worst case it's way better than 
a third generation copy of a tape.

If you do a web search on "multi track recording" or "audio editor" 
you'll find all sorts of information.  A fair amount of it will be 
useful.  If you go to your favorite download site and search on the same 
things you'll see a lot of free to moderate priced software.  Almost 
everything you can download will allow you a reasonable trial.  Some of 
them have a time limit and others do things like limit the length of 
saved files to something tiny.

If I were you I'd download a bunch of programs and try them out.  A lot 
depends on how you like the interface (look and feel).  The only way to 
find out is to fool around with it.
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