Hello Tom, I was only trying to bring your attention to what it is you are doing and attempting to do. I don’t know these utilities that are obviously been created to simplify the process. You

To Tony and Georgina: I forgot to mention that Zoom does create more than one file; one of the files is named Audio_Only; if I'm not mistaken, this particular file is the M4A and will play in Winamp!

I have used Audio Converter Plus for M4a files. It will alsw convert M4B files if you rename them to M4A. I also use Free M4A to MP3 Converter. It can split M4B books into chapter files. Both can

Hi Georgina: If I convert to Lossless, then I then convert to MP3? The only way I can cut this particular file that I know of is with MP3 direct cut ()MP3 Direct Cut only works with MP3 files)

Hello Tom, Convert to a lossless format then you will be able to edit. If you insist upon using this mp3 cutting program you will be degrading the quality. It may not be visible to you. But you

Hello Tom, Do you know how this mp3 cut works? John is right. Imagine a suitcase packed to the brim and you want to change the suitcase size. You have to unpack it and transfer its contents into the

Okay...I tried converting to WAV; same result: file won't play! One of the files in this group is "audio_only; this file in its original form is an M4A file. I need to make an MP3 file so I can then

Aw yes you can trim an MP3 file; MP3 Direct Cut does this very well; have done it many times! Tom Kaufman

My understanding is tha tyou can't do any trimming or editing of an mp3 file. So you need to convert it to a .wav file then do your trimming then convert it to an mp3 file.

Thanks John; problem is that I don't have Gold Wave; am probably one of the few who doesn't have this program! Never used it and have no idea of how! Tom Kaufman

My recommendation is to use goldwave. Tha tprogram will do everything you are trying to do but much more easily

Sorry, that should have said WAV! Tom Kaufman

Okay...so if I'm understanding you correctly, I need to convert this MP4 to WAB first; then convert that WAB file to MP3...is this correct? Tom Kaufman

Hello, You are working with 2 lossy formats. You should convert to wav or another lossless format make your cuts etc then convert to mp3. Because you might not know it but this is what switch would

Hello list: Am attempting to convert an MP4 file to MP3; here's what is happening: I am using the program Switch to convert this MP4 file to an MP3 file, so I then can running it through MP3 Direct

Thanks!

You need control plus e to place your second clip at the end of the first. Darran

Hi. Here's what I'm unsuccessfully trying to do: I've extracted audio frrm a larger file and used the control-P command to put that audio segment into a separate window. I move to that window and

Hi list. I've got a folder of wav files that I'd like to increase the speed of without effecting the pitch. Can anyone recommend a program to do same? Thanks to anyone who can help. Darran

Hello Don, Have you tried changing the sample rate within the app you are using? Looking back, I see the problem is that it is recording too many samples. So do a test recording at half the sample