I'm converting a bunch of my old vinyl and cassettes to CD's and I'm just
wondering if there is a freeware program which will take a .wav file and
automatically split it at the silent parts between tracks and save the
sections in numbered order.

It would be good if it worked with mp3's as well, but not really necessary.

Thump

Thump wrote:
> I'm converting a bunch of my old vinyl and cassettes to CD's and
> I'm just wondering if there is a freeware program which will take a
> .wav file and automatically split it at the silent parts between
> tracks and save the sections in numbered order.

Lots of programs auto-split (see my dandies below) but none of then do it
very well. The problem is, what *is* silence? Is it pure digital silence?
Won't find that in recordings from vinyl/cassette.

The user has to let the program know the threshold of silence...set it too
low or high and your splits will be wrong. Moreover, with vinyl, it is
going to vary from disc to disc.

It is a very easy thing to split waves manually. Easy and infinitely more
accurate than any auto-splitter.

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Thump wrote:
> I'm converting a bunch of my old vinyl and cassettes to CD's and I'm just
> wondering if there is a freeware program which will take a .wav file and
> automatically split it at the silent parts between tracks and save the
> sections in numbered order.
>
> It would be good if it worked with mp3's as well, but not really necessary.

Program: Wave Repair
Author:
Install: n.i.
Ware: Liteware (recording and track splitting functions are free)
http://www.delback.co.uk/wavrep/

Great for recording too. Can't do mp3

Susan
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dadiOH wrote:

> Thump wrote:
>
>>I'm converting a bunch of my old vinyl and cassettes to CD's and
>>I'm just wondering if there is a freeware program which will take a
>>.wav file and automatically split it at the silent parts between
>>tracks and save the sections in numbered order.
>
> Lots of programs auto-split (see my dandies below) but none of then do it
> very well. The problem is, what *is* silence? Is it pure digital silence?
> Won't find that in recordings from vinyl/cassette.
>
> The user has to let the program know the threshold of silence...set it too
> low or high and your splits will be wrong. Moreover, with vinyl, it is
> going to vary from disc to disc.

Disagree to some extent. I just recommended Wave Repair to the OP. Wave
Repair worked well on *many* of the vinyl albums I've recorded (not all,
the noise level between tracks does have to be low). You don't set a
threshold of silence.

> It is a very easy thing to split waves manually. Easy and infinitely more
> accurate than any auto-splitter.

IMO automatic splitting is very convenient. Note: Wave Repair lets you
can adjust the location of the splits manually - a very convenient zoom
feature allows you to make infinitely fine adjustments.

> dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

dadiOH's dandies is great. Lots of good info.

Susan
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I downloaded Wave Repair and it's just what I want.

Thump

"Thump" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm converting a bunch of my old vinyl and cassettes to CD's and I'm just
> wondering if there is a freeware program which will take a .wav file and
> automatically split it at the silent parts between tracks and save the
> sections in numbered order.
>
> It would be good if it worked with mp3's as well, but not really
necessary.
>
> Thump
>
>