Subject:Splitting long .WAV files

Posted by: REMIXED

Date:7/18/2001 12:05:46 AM

I've got a .WAV file that is 80 min long. I've set the markers where I want to split it so I can burn an audio CD with those track lenghts. Is there a way Sound Forge will automaticly divide that file into 13 seperate .WAVs based on those markers? It takes so long to cut and paste into seperate files. Any tips would be great. Thanks

Subject:RE: Splitting long .WAV files

Reply by: Tetley

Date:7/18/2001 7:41:47 AM

Not that I know of. I would load in the 80Mb file, and cut the regions at the end of the file, and paste them to a new file. Work from the end of the file backwards, one region at a time. The cut times will be a lot shorter if you work backwards.

Subject:RE: Splitting long .WAV files

Reply by: REMIXED

Date:7/18/2001 8:21:45 PM

Thats what I thought, but I said 80 min, not 80MB. Cuting and pasting tracks out of an 840MB file takes a looong time.... :-)

Subject:RE: Splitting long .WAV files

Reply by: RickZ

Date:7/19/2001 11:32:03 AM

I've been opening large files as RO, set markers, then double-click (actually single click of wheel button) between markers to select, then Ctrl-C to copy, then Ctrl-E to paste into new, then save. By copying vs cutting, you eliminate a lot of the time wasted by the delete. If you have several hard drives, NOT just partitions of the same physical drive, this can work very smoothly. EG, use 1st drive for work files, open large file from 2nd drive, save to 3rd drive.

When you've copied all the pieces from the large file, you could delete it, but with the low prices of big hard drives, better to hang onto it, in case you want to start over again. That's happened to me more than a few times.

Hope this helps . .

Rick Z

Subject:RE: Splitting long .WAV files

Reply by: inspector

Date:7/19/2001 6:59:04 PM

Sometimes low tech is more effective then high tech. At the link below you download a $10 shareware program that is very simple. You open a .wav file and it displays the whole .wav form, I've opened a 700 mb .wave, on the top and a close up of the section where the pointer is. You get close to where you want the split on the top view and in the lower define more precisely by where you click the mouse, then click the split button...continue to the end of the file. click save and the program writes a separate wav file for each split you make. Burn those wav's disk at once and you are done...your original file is intact.

http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~mjmlooijmans/cdwave/

Subject:RE: Splitting long .WAV files

Reply by: BrentA

Date:7/25/2001 7:01:34 PM

> Is there a way Sound Forge will automatically
> divide that file into 13 seperate .WAVs based
> on those markers?

Yes, as long you are using the full version (not XP). Use Regions to differentiate your songs, don't just drop Markers. Then choose Tools | Extract Regions...

Should be self-explanatory from there, but check the help file if you need more info on Extract Regions.

Regards, Brent