I’m trying to cut out a small clip of an mp3 file using my G3 Mac. I want to be able to burn a CD w/ just those 10 seconds or so on it as a separate track. Is there an easy way to do this? Is there a program I probably already have that will do this for me? iTunes? Quicktime?
I have only ever done this once.
I used a program called soundedit.
I don’t know if you can do it with quicktime or iTunes…
I think you would need an app that is a music editor.
I know the Apple Store sells one called Peak LE…
but browse around a bit… you should be able to find one for free
If you have paid for the Pro version of QuickTime, that will work for you quite well.
I also still use SoundEdit 16, but it’s not being sold any more. Peak LE is a good substitute, sure enough.
In iTunes, if you get the track info and select advanced options (or some such), you can tell it to start and/ or stop playback at a specific time. This is pretty crude, though, and I’m not sure if you could burn the clip to a CD.
If you want to see the waveform to cut in and out on a specific beat, I’ve used Spark ME, which is freeware.
Another freeware Music editor is Audacity, available at Sourceforge (search for audacity). The Mac version has its bugs, so save often, but it does have its good features. You can find the point in the waveform and export it in various formats.
If you do use Audacity and want to put it on the CD as an MP3 track, you’ll need to get some extra files, though I get the impression you want to convert it to a ‘regular’ CD format (like AIFF).