Can anyone recommend a good audio tool for everyday needs?

[gfxnow]

In particular, I need something for chopping up a long mp3 into multiple mp3 files using a cue sheet. The resulting files should play gaplessly since its a nonstop DJ set. I am sure there's plenty of small tools/utilities that let you do this, but whats a good one that stands out from the rest (kind of like how Mp3Tag stands out from dozens of tag editors out there). Any suggestions/recommendations would be appreciated. :thanks:

[Arite]

mp3DirectCut (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/) is able to split MP3 files into individual tracks without doing a lossy to lossy transcoding process (retaining original mp3 frames) using a cuesheet.

Just open the cuesheet, and then go to "File >> Save split..." to save each cuesheet track as an individual file.

Also, Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is another excellent audio editing tool - however mp3DirectCut is probably more suitable for the operation you described.

[gfxnow]

Thanks for the suggestion! i'll give it a shot. But does this support wma files? I need something more versatile.

[setarip_old]

Hi!Your initial post - In particular, I need something for chopping up a long mp3 into multiple mp3 files using a cue sheet.Your second post - But does this support wma files? I need something more versatile.Does this now represent ALL of your needs?

Why didn't you mention WMA files in your initial post here? I need something for chopping up a long mp3 into multiple mp3 files using a cue sheet. The resulting files should play gaplessly since its a nonstop DJ set.Please clarify - If you want the fileset to be gapless and you're going to use it as a "nonstop DJ set", why do you have to chop up the present "lomg .MP3"?

[gfxnow]

Please clarify - If you want the fileset to be gapless and you're going to use it as a "nonstop DJ set", why do you have to chop up the present "lomg .MP3"?

To clarify, my brother copied a couple of our CDs on my computer and i have a lot of my albums as one mp3 file on my computer. Some CDs (eg Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise 5) are a continuous mix. As to why i need them chopped up, its just that i catalog all my CDs in windows media player and its more convenient if you have all the tracks listed and media player looks up the metadata through amg.

To answer your question about my needs, I never really said these are all of my needs and i require a precise solution to just this. If i was just looking to chop up mp3 files i would've simply googled and downloaded Mp3splt or something. Instead i wanted to know which tool is considered uber and is the "in" thing amongst the knowledgeable people here.

and thanks for being an obvious dick

[Arite]

If you want to losslessly cut up a lossy audio file then you need a tool which is able to process the audio without having to decompress to a PCM format - this is what mp3Direct Cut can do.

Why do you need WMA support? Windows Media Player supports MP3 files (pretty much) fully. It is unlikely that there will be any lossless splitters for WMA as it is a proprietary format, and there are plently of patent-free and open source lossy audio codecs which are considered high-quality - WMA only really performs well at around 96kbps (Vorbis and AAC+ are considered better though for low bitrate lossy).

If you do not mind transcoding from lossy to lossy (thus reducing quality), then there are plenty of tools with cuesheet support. For example, foobar2000 (http://www.foobar2000.org) is able to treat an audio file with a cuesheet as though there were sepearate files and, consequenctly, is able to convert (i.e. split) them into individual files (using foo_convertor).

[cstrikedish]

foobar2000 is a great program! But you could try EAC, it is very powerful for audio.

[Terrym80]

The best application for my everyday needs (recording, converting, splitting, editing) is Total Recorder (http://www.totalrecorder.com/productfr_trPRO.htm). In fact, it supports both MP3 and WMA.

Splitting and converting can be done with trial version of the program ;)