Trim and Splice MP3's

heronheart · Post by **heronheart** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:55 pm

I would like to be able to use MM to trim and splice MP3's without having to recompress them.

demm · Post by **demm** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:38 am

i think those are features that dont really belong in a music library software.
i mean, they would be nice to have, but are really low priority

heronheart · Post by **heronheart** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:39 am

demm wrote:i think those are features that dont really belong in a music library software.
i mean, they would be nice to have, but are really low priority

I agree that they are lower priority than a lot of items. A lot depends on the source of your MP3's. A lot of mine are hour long documentaries recorded off the radio and it would be handy to be able to trim out news reports, etc.

charlieMOGUL · Post by **charlieMOGUL** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:41 am

If you're interested in cutting and editing MP3s without (de)compressing the files, please look at http://www.mpesch3.de/ for the freeware tool mp3DirectCut.
In my opinion this is not functionality that MediaMonkey needs. It is a music organizing tool (and a great one too!).

charlieMOGUL

pah68 · Post by **pah68** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:11 pm

Audacity is a good freeware app for slicing and dicing as well.

mec11 · Post by **mec11** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:11 pm

pah68 wrote:Audacity is a good freeware app for slicing and dicing as well.

That is what I am now using. Although I agree this may be a stretch for a music organizer I still think it would be nice to be available from the Tools menu as it is akin to leveling the track volume.

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Nebbin · Post by **Nebbin** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:31 pm

It might be possible for someone to create a script to "send" a track to a designated audio editor, available from the tools menu... similar to the "send to winamp" script I've seen floating around. (Personally I just use drag and drop into my editor.) MP3DirectCut is a decent prog for editing without recompressing. I've never tried Audacity, so I don't know what it's like. If I ever need to edit tracks for shows or performances I prefer using software such as Soundforge (destructive) or Acid (non-destructive) and then simply saving the final in wav format.

I don't want MM to try to be an all-in tool, just as I prefer using other DJ software such as Traktor for parties (or maybe even Mixmeister, depending upon the requirements). Certain programs have particular strengths and I think they should continue to play to them. MM is a fantastic organiser / tagger / search tool that I'd be lost without.

Steegy · Post by **Steegy** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:07 pm

See http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 6830#46830 fpr what you want.