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My wife is trying to find a program to cut an audio file. Does anyone know of one?
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Audacity is an option: Audacity | SourceForge.net
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Ditto on Audacity but you'll need the MP3 add-on called "Lame" to export an MP3 file. Be sure to install that too.
This link is easier: Audacity: Windows
This link is easier: Audacity: Windows
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What do you mean by "cut an audio file"???
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Audacity can do it, but it would then re-encode the file before you resaved it.
Re-encoding of an mp3 always involves some loss in sound quality. Possibly noticeable, possibly not.
mpesch3.de - Homepage of mp3DirectCut and 1by1 - free MP3 editor and directory player
You can use mp3directcut from the above link. It's a free tool that will do simple edits on an mp3 WITHOUT re-encoding.
So you'd have no quality loss. And it might be easier to figure out than Audacity. Audacity is a good program, but it has a lot of functionality that is not needed if you are just trying to edit an mp3.
Re-encoding of an mp3 always involves some loss in sound quality. Possibly noticeable, possibly not.
mpesch3.de - Homepage of mp3DirectCut and 1by1 - free MP3 editor and directory player
You can use mp3directcut from the above link. It's a free tool that will do simple edits on an mp3 WITHOUT re-encoding.
So you'd have no quality loss. And it might be easier to figure out than Audacity. Audacity is a good program, but it has a lot of functionality that is not needed if you are just trying to edit an mp3.
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