[CTS] Re: Murray, Other MP3 Utilities
- From: "Murray Reid" <mreid30@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:33:52 -0500
Thanks Matt, I'll give them a try.
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From: Matt <radtech1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: [CTS] Murray, Other MP3 Utilities
>
> Murray,
>
> Just thought that I would let you in on all of my other MP3 utilities
> that I use, since you seemed to like MP3 Trim.
>
> First, is a tiny little program called "ID3 Kill". What this does it
> that it removes that ID3 tags that some people put in their files. Have
> you ever noticed that the actual file name might be "Harry Nillson -
> Coconut.MP3" but the readout in Winamp says "Various Artists -
> Soundtrack To Reservoir Dogs - Track 4 - Lime in the Coconut.MP3"
>
> That, my friend, is the ID3 tag. This freeware program removes them. It
> is found at http://www.headstrong.de/software-id3kill.shtml
>
> Next is "Audacity". Audacity is a full featured freeware audio mixer.
> Say that a song has a very soft intro, then suddenly gets loud when the
> guitars enter. With this program you can bump the volume in the intro so
> that you can actually hear it without blowing your ears out when the
> rock and roll kicks in. I just did this very thing on a song called
> H-A-T-R-E-D by Tonio K. (Great song, by the way!)
>
> Another thing that I did is that I burned some CDs from cassette tapes
> for a buddy at school. When he made the cassettes, he had one song
> spread out over both sides of the tape. In other words, when he was
> recording he ran out of tape in the middle of a song. He just backed up
> his source about 15 seconds, turned the tape over and continued
> recording. Kind of like this:
>
> There's a lady who's sure
> All that glitters is gold
> And she's buying a stairway to heaven
> And when she gets there she know
> If the stores are all closed
>
> CLICK ! - Turn Tape Over
>
> And she's buying a stairway to heaven
> And when she gets there she knows
> If the stores are closed
> With a word she can get
> What she came for
>
> Get the picture? Well, much to Marks delight I was able to Cut n Paste
> and splice those to song halves together so that the seam was
> imperceptable.
>
> Audacity is found at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
>
> Next is "MP3 Gain". Have you ever noticed that when you listen to songs
> that were burned by different people the songs are often at (sometimes
> wildly) different volumes. The problem is that different people have the
> gain set at different levels during burning. Further, different
> computers record at different volumes even with THE SAME gain setting.
> This program adjusts the volume setting of all of your songs to within
> 1.5 dB of each other. This process is called "Normalizing".
>
> Now there are lots of normalizing programs out there, and they all
> perform what called "Peak Normalization" which is a "lossy" process
> where the program decodes the MP3 to a .wav, strips off the peaks and
> re-encodes it to an MP3. "MP3 Gain", however does some statistical
> analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear
> then adjusts the mp3 file directly which resutls in a completely
> lossless process!
>
> Get it at http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
>
> And finally, there is "MCIRecorder." This is a sound recording program.
> It records sound generated, or requested, by other computer programs.
> The resulting files are saved in .wav or MP3-file format.
>
> I use MciRecorder to record: Audio from the Internet, either audio files
> or live streams. Specifically, when there is a "conference call" from an
> exec of one of the companies I have stock in, I record the call from the
> internet *as it is streaming*! That was, when the message boards are
> wondering, "Did the CEO say bla bla bla in the call last March?" I can
> just play the call back and find out. Also records Internet Telephony,
> Internet Radio, even music from games. ANY sound that comes out of your
> speakers gets captured.
>
> BTW - if anyone knows of a program to capture any video from my screen,
> let me know.
>
> MCIRecorder is at http://realrecorder.net/
>
> Well, Murray, have fun.
>
> Matt
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