Saving small parts of wav files

Roybot wrote on 1/27/2001, 1:24 PM
When I record in Vegas I typically end up keeping only a
small portion of a wav (say 5-10 seconds) in an audio track.
I then copy and paste this portion to various locations in
the song. The downside of this is that I only end up with
a few seconds of audio out of a several megabyte wav file.
QUESTION: Is there a product or tool that I can use to copy
this small portion of a wav file to an entirely new wav
file of much smaller size? I would then want to delete the
original wav file without affecting the new smaller wav
file. Lastly I would need to be able to import or paste
this new wav file into an audio track in Vegas Pro or Vegas
Audio 2.0. I am recording at 24/96. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.

Comments

Roybot wrote on 2/9/2001, 10:43 AM
Go ahead and ignore me! I am a Computer Professional who had to re-install this product to get
"mix to new track" to execute properly. Yeah, I'm pretty new to the computer based recording
scene but I have never insulted anyone in my 15+ years of computer networking because I didn't
care for the question they were asking. Hey, we're all under the same stress around here...can't we
all just get along and be understanding?
acegrube wrote on 2/9/2001, 4:37 PM
I'll try to answer this one, I'm no guru by any means, just
a guy that thinks he might have a solution to your problem.

You can use a 24/96 wave editor (Sound Forge 5.0 beta is a
free download right now) ,to edit the original sample
destructively.

Or, you might try having 2 copies of Vegas open, one for
recording your long samples, then open the just recorded
sample in your sound editor (you can do this right from
vegas), make your destructive edit, then import the short
sample into the second copy of Vegas. At the end of the
day, you save the 2nd copy of vegas and all the media with
it, and you toast all the media(i.e. wave files) generated
by the first copy. OR, you could record all your original
samples right into a 24/96 editor

These are just some suggestions. Maybe someone else has a
cleaner solution?

good luck

Erich Gruber
MJim wrote on 2/10/2001, 2:28 AM
Adjust your audio event ends where you want them, right
click on the event, choose open in Sound Forge (5.0
supports 24/96, but you may have to set this in your
properties if you currently default to SF4.5). Your
complete audio file opens with the event area highlighted.
Select trim/crop, "trim outside of selection", then save
the results. The new shorter file will open in the event
area of your Vegas project just where you left it. If you
want to save the original file, make a copy first.

:When I record in Vegas I typically end up keeping only a
small portion of a wav (say 5-10 seconds) in an audio track.
I then copy and paste this portion to various locations in
the song. The downside of this is that I only end up with
a few seconds of audio out of a several megabyte wav file.
QUESTION: Is there a product or tool that I can use to copy
this small portion of a wav file to an entirely new wav
file of much smaller size? I would then want to delete the
original wav file without affecting the new smaller wav
file. Lastly I would need to be able to import or paste
this new wav file into an audio track in Vegas Pro or Vegas
Audio 2.0. I am recording at 24/96. Any help on this would
be greatly appreciated.