cutting mp3 into individual songs

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socialism001@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have a large file that I recorded from streaming audio. I would like
> to run a program that will find the gaps and break the files into
> individual songs.

Almost any audio editor will let you do this manually. Most ripper tools
which can accept input from sources other than CD can do it.

Finding the gaps automagically means recognizing which silences are
inter-track gap and which are just a pause in the sound. Depending on
the material that may or may not be easy (rock musicians have forgotten
what silence sounds like...). I'm sure some of the tools will mark every
silence of over N seconds as a break and then let you tune the value of
N or mark agree/disagree, but I haven't had reason to investigate which
have this sort of automation and/or how well it works.

"If it happens, it must be possible" -- and it's simple enough that you
should have no trouble finding it.

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GoldWave. It's shareware but has a very generous free trial period.

<socialism001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a large file that I recorded from streaming audio. I would like
> to run a program that will find the gaps and break the files into
> individual songs. Does anyone know a program that can do this ? I
> don't mind relistening to the file and placing the breaks in the file
> just so as long as it can break it into individual files.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>