Dear sir,
I would like to add a few seconds of silence to the beginning and the end of my MP3 file. So far no problem in the Audacity program. When I press play, the extra seconds are added. But when I export to a new MP3 file, all of a sudden the extra seconds of silence at the beginning and end have disappeared. What do I do wrong?
Best regards, Cees
extend a MP3 with silence versus trim MP3
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Re: extend a MP3 with silence versus trim MP3
How did you add the silence? Generate > Silence?
Audacity doesn't actually edit MP3 files. Few programs can. They convert it to editor native format, edit that, and then convert back. As a first pass, I would Edit > Select > All and try to export that.
Can you Export As WAV? A work-around would be to do that and then use that as the master to create the new MP3.
Koz
Audacity doesn't actually edit MP3 files. Few programs can. They convert it to editor native format, edit that, and then convert back. As a first pass, I would Edit > Select > All and try to export that.
Can you Export As WAV? A work-around would be to do that and then use that as the master to create the new MP3.
Koz