Hi, Kevin,
I wrote up these instructions for using MP3 DirectCut a year or more ago.
I think it will answer most if not all of your questions. If something
isn't answered, just email me about it.
HTH,
Jeff
MP3 Direct Cut is a free direct mp3 editor, splitter, cutter and recorder.
Download it from
http://www.mpesch3.de
Here are some notes for keyboard shortcuts for basic operation of this
program:
Play and Stop by using the SpaceBar.
During playback, the F8 key will increase playback speed and F7 will
decrease it.
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 configuration
menu.
The Home key moves to the beginning of the file.
The End key moves to the end.
One can move to a specific location in a file by time.
Use Ctrl-P to bring up an editable text box showing the total time of the
file and the current time location.
Edit the current time location to where you wish to move, then press
Enter.
How to mark beginning and end points of a selection for deletion, saving
as a separte file, etc:
While playback is stopped,
Use the letter b to mark the beginning of a selection
Use the letter n to mark the end of a selection
When beginning and end points are set, use the Up-arrow and Down-arrow
keys to jumpt to each respectively.
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 roughly a 38th of a second:
1: Move the beginning mark of a selection one frame to the left
2: Move the beginning mark of a selection one frame to the right
3: Move the end mark of a selection one frame to the left
4: Move the end mark 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 beginning mark 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 end mark of a selection
F9: Plays a portion of the file around the selection as if the selection
had been deleted
To remove a selection one can press the delete key.
This does not touch the MP3 file.
It just modifies an MP3DirectCut index.
Therefore, deletes and cuts are 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 the opportunity to
choose 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 within the audio file, use Control-p.
The displayed edit box is a bit odd.
Don't delete the words in it, just modify the numbers for the current
file position.
One has to leave in place 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 02:22 AM 5/12/2013, you wrote:
Hi.
I have this program, and I'm not understanding how to split a file into
several files. I understand you mark the beginning of the part you want
to
work with by pressing the B key, and marking the end with the N key, but
I'm
puzzled after that. I understand how to delete the part you've selected,
but I have no idea how to split it from the original file to save as its
own
part.
Speaking of marking a file, I have two other questions. First, how do you
mark a file from the beginning to a certain point, or from a specific
place
to the end. As an example, I have a track that has about a second of the
next track in it. I want to get rid of this portion of the file. What do
I
do in Direct Cut to accomplish this. My second question is related. How
do
I move the beginning and end markers to exactly mark the part of a file
that
I want to work with? Let's say I don't exactly have the part of a file I
want to delete. How do I fix this? I just thought of a third question.
How do you get mp3 Direct cut to start from the beginning of what's
selected, or the beginning of a file, for that matter. Right now if I
press
space it starts playing at the beginning of the file. If I hit SPACE
again
it pauses the file, and when I hit it again the file starts playing from
where it was paused. Is there either a way to play from the beginning, or
better yet is there a way to enter the time where you want to start
playing
something? One final question. How do I get Direct Cut to play what has
been selected? As an example, I have a track with extra stuff in it that
I
want to get rid of. How do I play just the selected part so I can adjust
the beginning and end to get rid of it?
I know that's a lot of questions, and I've looked at the manual, but I
didn't see my answers, or I don't understand. Thanks in advance for the
help.
Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
kmi...@windstream.net
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