What is the best method/program to edit mp3 files and resave them with the least amount of recompression problems?
I have the iriver ihp140 recorder which does record wav but only for an hour. Using the record setting as mp3 and varying bitrates, I can record live music in much longer unattended times, i.e., two to five hours at 64kbps - 320kbps.
So I want to take a three hour 160kbps file, open in Adobe Audition, segment, normalize, etc., and save out to 128kbps mp3 or wav. All this with minimum sound loss from the original unedited mp3.
Rick
Full Version: Editing MP3 and Compression/Recompression
How about using MP3DirectCut to edit and save the file as an MP3 file without recompression? 
QUOTE (boojum @ Feb 7 2004, 12:27 PM)
How about using MP3DirectCut to edit and save the file as an MP3 file without recompression?
How is MP3DirectCut different from Audition (Cooledit)? I will check it out.
It does not decompress the mp3 to wav for editing and then have you re-encode it. MP3DirectCut edits the mp3 directly
QUOTE (dreamliner77 @ Feb 7 2004, 03:00 PM)
It does not decompress the mp3 to wav for editing and then have you re-encode it. MP3DirectCut edits the mp3 directly.
Are there other programs that do this?
QUOTE (rickeyjt @ Feb 7 2004, 04:18 PM)
QUOTE (dreamliner77 @ Feb 7 2004, 03:00 PM)
It does not decompress the mp3 to wav for editing and then have you re-encode it. MP3DirectCut edits the mp3 directly.
Are there other programs that do this?
Yeah, but MP3DirectCut is the best for MP3.
I heard of MusicCutter but haven't tried it.
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