My recording is too big for my cd,how do I cut it,say 1.5 hours as the only way I now see is dragging the bar,but that is second by second…very slow?
Don’t make the audio CD more than 74 minutes or the CD may not play.
If you choose View > Zoom Out a few times you can drag a greater time span. Click and drag in the blue waves.
Or use Selection Toolbar to select the region you want for the CD.
Then File > Export Selection… .
Gale
Gee thanks Gale,
you do help me out a bit.
I am doing a data cd 
I am doing a data cd
In what format? “CD quality” WAV files (16-bit/44.1kHz/Stereo) take about the same amount of space as CD audio (I think there’s slightly more overhead with WAV files). You can use MP3 or AAC to get about 6 hours of high-quality audio on a CD. Even more with more compression (lower bitrates).
But, MP3 & AAC won’t play on a “regular” CD player. You can play it on a computer, most DVD players will play MP3 & AAC, and many car stereos can play discs with one or more compressed formats.
Its mp3 for my car…
How can I compress this (lower bitrates)? when I export it? I am not too worried about the quality,as these days the quality is pretty good
I have exported at the low bit rate of only 32???I guess I will find out myself if it sounds bad or not
Before you can save as MP3, you’ll need to install the optional [u]LAME MP3 Encoder[/u].
Got to File → Export and under Save as type:, choose MP3. Click Options to select bitrate/quality settings. The variable bitrate options will generally give you better quality for a given file size by using a higher bitrate when needed and a lower bitrate for parts of the song that are more easily compressed. Joint Stereo is almost always the best choice.
A higher bitrate generally gives you better quality because less data is “thrown away”, but not always. i.e., If a 192kbps MP3 is “transparent” (if it sounds identical to the uncompressed original in a proper blind listening test) we cannot say that 320kbps is “better”.
Since bitrate is kilobits per second, you can calculate file-size from the bitrate and playing time (as long as you know that there are 8 bits per byte). The calculations aren’t quite exact because there is a bit of additional overhead, and if you have embedded artwork that will add to your file-size too. Just for reference, Audio CDs have a bitrate of 1411kbps.
I am not too worried about the quality, as these days the quality is pretty good.
On the other hand, if you’ve got extra space on the disc there’s no harm in using a high bitrate.
I have exported at the low bit rate of only 32???I guess I will find out myself if it sounds bad or not.
32kbps may be OK for spoken voice but for music I don’t think you’ll like it.
Got to File → Export and under Save as type:, choose MP3. Click Options to select bitrate/quality settings. The variable bitrate options will generally give you better quality for a given file size by using a higher bitrate when needed and a lower bitrate for parts of the song that are more easily compressed. Joint Stereo is almost always the best choice.
I did what you said and the sound is great-thanx
I am oldscool,so from the days of 8 tracks this is excellent.
Also that helped me compress,just enough to fit my over 11 hours of data on one cd for my car,I love it 
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Thanx every one for your input,much appreciated