Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] splicing a drum fill to make a loop?
From: Jörn Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 20:41:04 EEST
Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> 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.
oh, yeah, mxv. i know it, i love it. feels like wordstar :)
well, it takes a lot of guessing, but it can be done. mark a region
that might be a bar and play it. kludgy, but works for me.
check glame for a decent moving cursor.
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