Good mp3 editing program

[robnshell18]

Can anybody recommend a good program that can edit a larger mp3 file into smaller files?

 

[dolbyman]

just compress or cut/merge and stuff ?

 

[sds910]

You won't want to do this in the major audio editing programs as you'll wind up recompressing the audio every time you save. Try MP3 Surgeon, which allows you to directly edit and merge MP3 files.

 

[robnshell18]

just compress or cut/merge and stuff ?

I just want to cut stuff. I'm not too concerned about merging.

 

[SpectroMagical]

I use GoldWave, and I love it! It's shareware and very user-friendly.

 

[sds910]

Yes, but with Goldwave, you're saving audio BACK to MP3. In other words, REcompressing it.

You must use something that will operate DIRECTLY on the MP3 data.

 

[SpectroMagical]

Huh... never thought about it that way...

 

[djaybee]

Have a try at mp3DirectCut :

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

Haven't tried it myself, but it seems to do everything you're looking to do.

 

[byucougs]

I use Cooledit 2. It has always worked great for me.

 

[sds910]

I use Cooledit 2. It has always worked great for me.

Again. Cool Edit Pro, like any other audio editor can not edit MP3 data directly. Instead, it imports the compressed audio and you must save it as WAV or REcompress it back to MP3.