Re: [tlug] Editing Sound Files: Command Line v GUI Programs

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 17/01/06, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:

> Thanks for example. I _love_ examples.

As do we all.

> How do you know exactly where to snip the excerpt? Unless there's
> something I'm missing, the command line approach requires
> cumbersome trial and error to figure out exactly what to extract.

You are correct.

> Audacity allows to me to see the waveform, so that I can make a
> much better initial guess where to cut, and also allows me to very
> quickly preview me selection. I'm a big command line bigot, but
> there some things are just better done with GUIs.

Agreed. I would also choose Audacity for this application, but since
someone brought up sox without providing an example of *how* to do it,
I provided one.

Education, you see. ;)

Cheers,
Josh