I've always found the free program Audacity to be very usable and good to work with. Google "Audacity" and use the first source.
Regards, Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian D. Todd The University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Drawer E Aiken, SC 29802 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: 803.725.0422 on the web: http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/staff/BTodd.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 3:53 PM Subject: Re: splitting large sound files > I've always had pretty good luck with Sony Soundforge. However, that pr= > ogram's kinda expensive, and it has a LOT of bells and whistles that you= > may or may not need so if you're looking for a free route you can actua= > lly use Microsoft's built in Movie Maker program on XP. Just ignore the= > video section and just import the audio and split it as you see fit, li= > ke into 700mb sections (roughly one cd). The only problem is it saves i= > t as a wmv file, but you can re-convert it to mp3 with another program l= > ike dBpoweramp, which is also completely free. > > Not only can you use dBpoweramp (http://www.dbpoweramp.com), to convert = > the file format, but you can also convert it to the same format with a l= > ower bitrate which would make it smaller as well. > > If push comes to shove, just send them to me via an e-courier like www.d= > ropload.com or something similar and I'll try to split them for you as y= > ou see fit. If you want, I'll add bass and drums for no charge. Kenny = > G and Coyote Old Man made pretty good careers that way :) > > Hope that helps. =20 > > Jacob Lowe > Program Advisor > =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F > > Projects Abroad North America > > Toll free USA: 1 888 839 3535 > Toll Free Canada: 1 877 921 9666 > > http://www.projects-abroad.org=20 > > Projects Abroad blog > http://blog.projects-abroad.net > > Projects Abroad on MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/projectsabroad > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:08:59 -0400 > From: "Isabelle-Anne Bisson (" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: splitting large sound files > =20 > Dear colleagues, > =20 > We have very large sound files (MP3, 1.5-2GB in size) from=20 > recordings conducted in the field and are unable to open them in > the sound analysis program we are currently using.=20 > The program somehow compresses them randomly into > shorter files. We have tried multiple MP3 splitter programs that have= > =20 > not worked. I am positive that some of you have tackled > similar problems and would greatly appreciate any input. > =20 > Thank you in advance. > =20 > Isabelle-Anne Bisson > =20 > *********************************** > Isabelle-Anne Bisson, Research Associate > Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 > Phone: 609-258-7925 > =20 > > =20 >
