Hello,

I need to cut something out of an mp3 file. However, I need a good program in order being able to do that. Any good suggestion? I wonder if this is actually bad for the overall sound quality of the mp3...

Thanks in advance

well, you can use any programm like soundforege, wavelab or cooledit etc
I don't know if there are good freeware-alternatives, I used soundforge as long as I can remember.
The only issue concerning soundqualtiy AFAIK is that you have to save the file again as wav or mp3, so the reencoding afterwards will reduce the quality a tiny bit (but not that I ever noticed it that much...)
There are also programms like mp3directcut, though I never used them...
maybe someone elso can give you some more details.

Use MP3Directcut. It is free, it manipulates the MP3 rather than requiring a decompress and recompress as CoolEdit and other editors do. That is, it works on the MP3 in its native state. Very nice. B)

All right, I'll give it a shot . Thanks for all your suggestions.

Likewise. I'd like to cut.

But I'd also like to merge mp3s.

Does mp3DirectCut do this?

Or is there a freeware that does this ?

Thanks too

Yes.

AFAIK MP3DirectCut is freeware. (It was last time I downloaded it.)

This program is actually great! I first tried something commercial called "Mp3 Splitter & Joiner", but was pretty much useless since you couldn't even see the amplitude graph. So you pretty much had to guess...but as I said, mp3DirectCut is freeware and is still updated, I think. At least I got a release that is only 5 weeks old.

How does it compare to musiCutter? My only problem with musiCutter is that it doesn't tag the split MP3, I have to do it by hand.

Another problem with mp3 cutting tools is that they cannot add LAME tag gapless information if you're splitting a large LAME mp3 file. The resulting files cannot be gapless.

MusiCutter is the only one cutting VBR Correctly.

Just make sure you choose in Settings > Specific > Adjust cut point to mpeg frame

Choose "before"

Yvan