Below are notes I have gleaned from others and my own trial and error
learning with MP3 DirectCut.
There were some podcasts produced a number of years ago which are
good but a bit dated now. The podcast feed is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobsPlace
If I recall correctly, the biggest difference is how MP3 DirectCut
used to have a simple append feature up til and including version
1.51. I keep that version around just for the times I need to append
quickly and simply.
HTH,
Jeff
****** MP3 DirectCut Notes ******
MP3 Direct Cut is a free direct mp3 editor, splitter, cutter and recorder.
Download it from
http://www.mpesch3.de
Some brief notes regarding keyboard shortcuts for this program are as follows:
Play and Stop by using the SpaceBar.
Rewind and fast forward using cursor left and right or page-up and page-down.
The latter two keys move in larger increments than the first two.
The number of frames each pair moves can be set via the menu system.
Marking a selection for deletion, saving as a separte file, etc:
Use the letter b to mark the beginning of a selection
Use the letter n to mark the end of a selection
NotePlayback must be stopped when marking the beginning and end of a
selection by using the Spacebar.
The following commands use the numbers row above the letter keys,
not the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard.
These commands move by frame. One frame is about a 38th of a second:
1: Move the left margin of a selection one frame to the left
2: Move the left margin of a selection one frame to the right
3: Move the right margin of a selection one frame to the left
4: Move the right margin of a selection one frame to the right
With the following keys, one can exactly hear, where the margins of a
selection are:
F5: Plays the two seconds before the left margin of a selection
F6: Plays the first two seconds of a selection
F7: Plays the last two seconds of a selection
F8: Plays the two seconds after the right margin of a selection
F9: Plays the file around the selection as if the block had been cut out
To cut a selection one can press the delete key.
This does not touch the MP3 file.
It just modifies an MP3DirectCut index.
Therefore, cuts can be made quickly.
There are also menu options and shortcut keys to save a selection
into a different file.
For instance, Ctrl-E will save the selection with its own filename.
and Ctrl-W will save the entire audio using the current name or edit
it to something different.
To split an MP3 file, which consists of a complete album, one can use
the pause detection feature, which can be reached via the menu system.
It will set a marker before each song. These markers are actually
selections with a length of zero.
To check the markers, one can go from one to the other with Control
cursor right and Control cursor left.
The file can then be split according to the markers.
Or one can save a cue sheet file or an MP3 DirectCut project file.
Both would contain the markers.
With these marker files, one can easily find certain positions in an MP3 file.
To go to a specific time position, Control-p can be used. The edit
box is a bit strange.
Don't delete the words in it, just modify the numbers for the
current file position.
One has to leave alone the apostrophes, which separate hours minutes
and seconds.
The program needs these apostrophes
Then, there are the recording shortcuts.
r: Opens the record dialog, in which sighted people can adjust the
recording level
p: Starts the recording, when the recording dialog is open
s: Stops the recording.
At 06:28 AM 7/3/2010, you wrote:
Is the audio tutorial for mp3DirectCut available online somewhere?
Thanks,
Dean
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