Music software for splitting wav files

[Dazzer]

When encoding from vinyl or live music I often wish to split the big wav file of the whole album or gig into the separate songs. In cooledit pro you have to save each separate selection individually and using tools that split by silence isn't always reliable either. Both are time consuming.

So does anyone know of a tool in which you can mark the gaps between tracks which the tool then uses to split the wav into several "track" wav files?

Dazzer

[LittleGhoti]

http://www.goldwave.com/

[SonicVanguard]

This will also work well: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

And you might want to check this site out: http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm

Dave.

[reboot]

Virtualdub(mod) too, although Goldwave is one of the best for more intricate work, next to Soundforge Audacity is great for a free one (it's still free isn't it?)

[TwoRails]

Just about any editor will easy split wave files, but you'll have to do it manually. Your sound card probable came with one (editor). Maybe your DVD burning suite, like Roxio, has one. The tracks are normally easy to see. Or you can use the label's length for keeping track. What I do is copy the track selection into another window, trim the begingging and end off (the silence between the adjacent tracks) and save the individual track as it's own file. Repeat for all the songs recorded. Then it's easy to using something like Roxio's Creator Classic to made the CD.

PS: Yes, reboot, Audacity is still free. I like it overall, but the equalizer is not as easy to use as some others.

[SonicVanguard]

Originally Posted by reboot Virtualdub(mod) too, although Goldwave is one of the best for more intricate work, next to Soundforge Audacity is great for a free one (it's still free isn't it?)

Soundforge??? Move up to WaveLab - you'll never go back

Dave.

[reboot]

I've got wavelab, never use it, nor Soundforge that much any more. Goldwave does enough stuff for me, mostly dealing with audio sync from captured video

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by Dazzer When encoding from vinyl or live music I often wish to split the big wav file of the whole album or gig into the separate songs. In cooledit pro you have to save each separate selection individually and using tools that split by silence isn't always reliable either. Both are time consuming. So does anyone know of a tool in which you can mark the gaps between tracks which the tool then uses to split the wav into several "track" wav files? Dazzer

I recently upgraded to Roxio 7.5, mainly for the new version of it's sound editor and utilities. I've played with it only once so far, but am pretty impressed. It can easily detect the seperate tracks, but it's based on silence between them. So, if a song has intentional sound breaks, it will detect them as tracks. Fortunately, the tracks are easy to remove.

My first (and only so far) test was a cassette previously captured into one wav file. The tape was old and wore out. I did some quick "enhancing" and it sounded much better. I then had it detect tracks, and it worked just fine. You can even adjust track transistions and a whole lot more.

There's a little more info here