Cheap software to split a recording into piece

[Upright Bill]

I recorded us last night as two complete sets and now I'd like to split it up into individual songs. I need individual songs for a demo CD for a potential new gig. However, I don't want to spend much (any) money to do it. Any suggestions of free/cheap software?

[Dan Gould]

http://www.goldwave.com

Goldwave is a fine audio editing program-I just got the newest version and it does a lot of cool things.

But if you don't want to pay (its only about $40US nowadays, they have a shareware version you can download. Assuming you can take the recordings as a wav file, its easy to split up.

The only thing about the shareware version-you get 30 clicks of the control buttons per session. Then it pops up a message reminding you of how great the program is, and don't you want to buy it? If you don't want to buy it, just save what you've done and close the program and then open it again, and you've got another 30 clicks.

That's assuming their shareware works the same as it did six years ago when I had it.

[Shawn]

Goldwave is a good, cheap alternative...although I've never been a fan of their DSP functions. But for what you described it should do the job.

For the "real deal" (and the price tag to match)...you just can't beat Sonic Foundry's SoundForge program...I've been using it religiously for years and I couldn't live without it.

[Dan Gould]

Goldwave is a good, cheap alternative...although I've never been a fan of their DSP functions. But for what you described it should do the job.

For the "real deal" (and the price tag to match)...you just can't beat Sonic Foundry's SoundForge program...I've been using it religiously for years and I couldn't live without it.

Shawn, pardon my ignorance but what are DSP functions?

I have to say, the newest goldwave does many cool things, and very quickly (part of that, I'm sure, is the upgrade we just got in processing power). Much better than the version I started with.

[couw]

still using Cool Edit here. I believe it went over to Adobe. I have an older version that does all I want it to do.

[Uncle Skid]

This looks like it might be worth a try:

Mp3Splt Project Homepage

Looks like it's primarily a command line program for Linux or Windows, but there is a GUI app there as well. It can't get much simpler that this:

mp3splt album.mp3 54.32.19 67.32 -o out.mp3

B-)

[Upright Bill]

Uncle Skid, do you want a copy? You sounded pretty good.

The "mix" is pretty rough. The crowd noise is very high, I don't remember Rick and I talking that much and Lisa turned off the recorder before the drunk guy sang (I hate it when the drunk guy doesn't get on the tape).