Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] splicing a drum fill to make a loop?
From: Krzys Majewski (majewski_AT_cs.ubc.ca)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 19:04:16 EEST
Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de> writes:
> Krzys Majewski wrote:
> >
> > I've got an mp3 of a few bars of drums. How can I "crop" exactly four
> > (or two, or one) bars of this thing and loop it? I can figure out how
> > to get .wav out of .mp3, it's the editing I'm curious about.
>
> get any wave editor (like glame, audacity, snd, mxv, younameit),
> zoom in on the waveform, listen, watch the cursor or simply count
> the peaks (sometimes the drum beats will stand out clearly) and cut.
> be sure not to crop too much of the sustain of the last beat, i.e.
> cut right before the next note. to avoid clicks, make sure you cut
> on a zero-crossing of the waveform.
> if the material is very sustained or has a lot of reverb, you might
> not be able to do an unperceivable cut. in this case, don't cut on
> the first beat but somewhere in the middle of the bar where there's
> more space. tends to be more subtle than a cut on the one, but
> that's a matter of taste, mainly.
OK, thanks, but *how* do I do that? Preferably in ecasound, snd, or
mxv, since I already have those. My problem with mxv and snd is that
the cursor never seems to move when I play the sample.
-chris
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