Re: [tlug] [tlug-digest] Editing Soud Files (WAV & MP3)

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Please do not top-post (which is what I am doing here--to make my
point--putting my reply above the text I am quoting). Please also make
sure to attribute the quoted text, so we know who said what.

On 17/01/06, Walter Hansen <gandalf@example.com> wrote:

> Just thougt I'd chime in with the din. You can even use plain old sox from
> the comand line to do this real easy.
>
[> Lyle Saxon wrote:]
> > I'm currently working on a website for a singer and she wants me to
> > put some sound files on the site.  I can put whole songs on with no
> > problem (MP3) but she just wants short bits of them - say 20 seconds
> > per song.  Can anyone recommend a good way to edit sound files?

Might as well provide him with an example, while you are recommending
sox (you know, like we were complaining that many man pages do not do,
at the nomikai the other day).

Lyle, something like this should work:

sox "The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down.mp3" \
 "The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down_sample.mp3" \
 trim 0:25.0 0:35.0

This example will take 35 seconds of audio, starting 25 seconds from
the beginning of "The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You
Down.mp3", and save it to "The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind
You Down_sample.mp3".

Cheers,
Josh