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Subject:can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Posted by: bryanbailey
Date:2/1/2002 4:38:31 PM
Everytime I want to split up long files (or CD's) into tracks in Sound Forge 5, I have to extract them to wav. It would be a lot easier to do this in mp3 form since waves tend to take up a lot of space, especially with their .temp files. response would be appreciated. |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:2/1/2002 9:53:39 PM
You might not want to toy around with MP3's (unless it's the final version of the track). The MP3 format is a lossy audio format; every time you save compresses the audio that much more. Try using the Perfect Clarity Audio format? (PCA extension) It's a lossless compression format. However, you can only use the file format with other Sonic Foundry products like ACID. If you don't share your files, check it out. Iacobus |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: bryanbailey
Date:2/1/2002 10:43:00 PM
yeah but I'm trying to make mp3's to put on CD's so i can play them on an mp3 player. i'll just have to keep converting them back to mp3's using this other program i have. any other suggestions to make this easier? |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:2/2/2002 11:07:51 AM
You can always save the tracks as MP3 files right from Sound Forge. After you extract, each track should be in it's own window in the Sound Forge desktop. Instead of saving, choose Save As, then pick .MP3 as the file type instead of .WAV |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: bryanbailey
Date:2/2/2002 12:53:32 PM
each track is not in its own window... OK, I'll go through this from the beginning. First I put a 115 minute mp3 file into Sound Forge.(this is a techno mix by the way so it's like over 20 songs in one file) I play it until i think the first track ends. Then I right-click on the bar on top and choose 'Add Marker/Region'. In there, I choose region and set the start time for 00:00:00.000 because it's the first track. Now, I do this for every track. So I'll have about 20 tracks seperated by regions when I'm done. I click on 'Tools'...'Extract Regions'. Then I select the 20 tracks (or regions) to extract and click 'Extract' and it goes into the folder i want. But all of these tracks are being extracted as wave files which have less kpbs then what i started with. The mp3 is 192kpbs, the wave is around 172. After I've extracted the files, none of them come up in its own window. Instead, there right where they were in the first place (as 1 single file in the Sound Forge desktop). I know how to make a single file into an mp3, but I can't extract a single file into multiple regions as mp3's. I'm guessing that there is no option to extract them into mp3's. The only way I could do this is if I copy one region and paste it in another window. but i'd have to do it with 20 regions. Then I would go to file, save as...mp3. and then I can't choose a 48Hz mp3 file (which I can burn onto a CD with Easy CD Creator). This process just too much to do for me and doesn't let me do what I want to do. By the way, whatever happened to CD architect? I had it with v4.5 but not with v5.0. If Sound Forge could let me insert an mp3 (i know it could only be wav) into CD architect, i could split the file into tracks right there. Then i could burn it on to a CD. that would be really simple. this is just a suggestion for future versions of Sound Forge. |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:2/2/2002 3:19:25 PM
Have you tried Batch Converter 5 yet? It comes free with Sound Forge 5. You'd still have to extract your regions and all, but all you'd have to do from there is launch Batch Converter and convert everything over from WAV to MP3 in one fell swoop. Then burn as usual using Easy CD Creator. Iacobus |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: bryanbailey
Date:2/2/2002 3:46:47 PM
thanks i'll try it out |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: inspector
Date:2/7/2002 3:44:49 PM
Check out CD Wave at http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~mjmlooijmans/cdwave/. It's a very simple program where you can open a very large .wav file and similar to cd-architect. What it is designed to do split a large file into smaller ones. You put the split marks where ever you want them and then it writes into separate wav files. You can then burn them disk-at-once with a burning program, make mp3s or whatever- no gaps no pops at track changes. I have no affiliation with the writer of this program...sometimes low tech can help. Steve |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: pb
Date:2/8/2002 8:31:33 AM
Lacking rednroll et al's expertise and the time to spend acquiring it, I just use vegas to split the long file then cut out the various clips and drop them to new tracks. Once this is done I enable only one track at a time and do a "save as". Laugh if you wish but it is quick and easy. |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:2/8/2002 9:30:19 AM
Laughing is not an option ;-) These software applications are purposely designed so that there's more than one way to do it, and not necessarily any best way. The Sonic Foundry folks have done an amazing job of anticipating our thought processes and how we might attempt to accomplish tasks. If you've found something that works for you, give yourself a nice pat on the back and be happy you've picked such powerful software. |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: bryanbailey
Date:2/15/2002 1:29:17 PM
Now I have Vegas Video. It does everything including extracting audio into mp3's. It does it so easily too. |
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Subject:RE: can sound forge extract audio regions as mp3's?
Reply by: bryanbailey
Date:2/15/2002 1:36:54 PM
I meant to post my message last (LOL). Now I have Vegas Video. It does everything including extracting audio into mp3's. It does it so easily too. |