Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] trimming a sample to make a perfect loop?
From: Jörn Nettingsmeier (nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 20:43:36 EEST
Paul Winkler wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:26:17AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > Folks
> > How do y'all go about trimming a sample so that the number of bars is
> > a positive integer so that you can loop it?
>
> I still use DAP for this - it's not the best editor, but it's the only
> one I know of that supports loop regions and has a tracking cursor. (I
> wouldn't be surprised if snd can do this using some obscure scheme
> command.) What I do is make a guess where to put the start and end
> loop points, then I turn on forward looping and play the sample. Then
> while it's playing, I adjust the loop points to taste until it sounds
> right. Then if I want to save only the loop, I edit the sample to the
> loop points and save it.
>
> Are there other editors that support loop editing like this? I haven't
> tried some of the recent crop - audacity et al.
isn't that what SpiralLoops does ? haven't checked it, only seen
screenshots, but it looked impressive.
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