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Author: Danny Boy
Date: 2007-03-03 15:35
Hello all,
I have a CD of a recent recital which I'd like to create a number of short tracks from so that they can go on my website. The CD is currently just in one long 50 minute track.
I had a good system in place for doing this when I was using a PC, but I've recently switched to a Mac and various bits of kits I was using before are no longer available to me.
I thought I'd see if any of our bboarders know of any good tools out there to help achieve this.
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Author: sherman
Date: 2007-03-03 16:14
Hi:
I really wish I could be of help to you, however I have the same problem getting some of the many performances I've recorded on my website, but alas, I have a PC.
So if indeed anyone can be of assistance, I will be in your debt.
thank you.
S. Friedland
http://clarinet.cc
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Author: energia eolica
Date: 2007-03-03 16:26
Do a google search for the freeware Audacity. If you rip the CD onto one track, this program can open it up and edt it any way you want. You can then save the smaller tracks as individual files.
Be warned that so far I haven't had much luck on my Intel-based Mac saving directly to mp3. Its very easy to save as a wav file. Still, there are ways to get a CD burnt from that and then you can extract the files any way you choose.
S. Friedland, the same program works well, maybe even better, on PC.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-03-03 16:36
Just remember that the music may not be re-distributable under copyright; many times music may be performed and recorded under a special use license but that license does not include any publication rights in any form. This commonly applies at universities.
Even when a composer gives you rights to perform, unless explicit permission is given to record and to distribute you have to assume no permission has been given.
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Author: Danny Boy
Date: 2007-03-03 17:09
Thanks very much for those suggestions.
Mark...hmmm, yes, tricky. All tracks are of out of copyright works, and I have the permission of all those involved, including the institution at which it was recorded (which is a University). Should that be ok?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-03-03 17:21
Danny Boy wrote:
> Mark...hmmm, yes, tricky. All tracks are of out of copyright
> works, and I have the permission of all those involved,
> including the institution at which it was recorded (which is a
> University). Should that be ok?
I am not a lawyer; I know a little bit about music copyright for some other complex reasons, so of course this shouldn't be construed as any sort of legal advice.
If your performances were from an out-of-copyright score then everything should be fine. If your recording was from a copyrighted score that has been highly edited (how much editing? Good question, no real answer) or you performed from a copyrighted score with a piano reduction then those could be considered arrangements and _might_ be considered a derived work under copyright.
It is incredibly murky ground when one wants to publish a recording, which is why there's companies and lawyers who's sole purpose is to maintain those rights - and try to muddy the water s by creating new "rights" where they didn't exist before.
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Author: Escsrc
Date: 2007-03-03 19:38
I use the tool "MusiCutter," perhaps looking that up is worth a shot... cuts MP3s into smaller files, though you have to listen and find the cut points yourself.
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Author: hans
Date: 2007-03-03 19:42
I use Sony's Sonic Stage, which came with my mp3 player and also with my minidisc recorder.
It's not very intuitive, but gets the job done.
Hans
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Author: LeeB
Date: 2007-03-03 19:55
Do you have GarageBand? It comes in the Mac iLife package, which is usually bundled with recent Macs. If you do, it should do the trick for you (and is a very easy to use application).
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Author: Danny Boy
Date: 2007-03-03 20:06
Thanks to all again. Yes Lee, I have got Garage Band, but couldn't get it to do what I want, which is probably my own fault.
I have been using Audacity all evening, I have to say...it's a great bit of kit.
Mark...thank you, I shall bear all that in mind.
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Author: energia eolica
Date: 2007-03-04 02:15
Yeah, frankly, I was surprised just how good Audacity was when I first started using it recently. Other programs I'd used didn't have the same flexibility.
-Adam
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Author: sdr
Date: 2007-03-04 19:16
Depending on how much or little doctoring you want to do, you can make short clips of a longer work using Amazing Slow Downer (for the Mac, a.k.a. Amazing X). A fabulous shareware application from <www.ronimusic.com>.
-sdr
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