Help for Newbie

[ps2os2]

I downloaded audacity macosx-ub-1.3.13 for OS X 10.4.11

Unzipped it.
I didn't see any help files with it (folder was empty) did not see anything specifically on the Audacity web site other than they might not be in the d/l but I did not see anything obvious on the web site as to where the help files might be.

I just want to skim off a few minutes of audio from a condo board meeting (to prove a subject was not addressed) and for future questions I need to do this. Can audacity help me or should I look somewhere else.

Ed

[kozikowski]

At the top of this forum are three links. The last one, Documentation, will lead you to the instruction books.

http://audacityteam.org/help/documentation

And yes, this is the whole enchilada as far as support. It is a dialog and it's not a help desk, so nobody is going to email you with instructions. We try to keep questions and answers right here, and anybody can give either one.

We just recently put the authorization layer in, so one of the elves has to OK your post before it appears. We were getting too many ads for naked ladies in posts.

You're not selling naked ladies are you?

You should put a few more English words in that question. I'm going to record a meeting how? Built-in microphone in the MacBook Pro? That's how I do it. External microphones are a little harder on a Mac.

Koz

[ps2os2]

I am not quite sure of the etitquette here. One place I was on said I gave too much information and the question got lost. I don't know about that, I ended up with the question in the other forum so each one is different.

I have the MP3 file (I played with AUDACITY) but got totally lost after that. To me it should be easy as I want to take a part of this recording, start at 19 minutes and write it to another file and end it at 25 minutes. To me that is a simple requirement. I do not need any bells and whistles.

To be above board I have been recording with a Sony MP3 digital recorder. It allows me to copy the MP3 file to my HD (Hard Drive) and then that is where I want some program(AUDACITY?) to be able to take some portion of the recording and create say another MP3 file. I just need this for "proof" that what was said at a condo board meeting was said. I do not want to play the entire hour back for 3 minutes at the end (or where it is). Just so there is no "you can't do that" the IL Condo Law says I can record all board meetings (end of discussion).

[waxcylinder]

Audacity may not be the best tool for this simple task - see this thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... cut#p52246

WC

[kozikowski]

There are MP3 editors that can cut and paste without distorting or causing sound damage to the show.

Audacity doesn't edit MP3. It converts MP3 to a high-quality internal format and then produces a completely different MP3 on Export. Every time you convert an MP3 to something else, the compression damage, gargling and bubbling, goes up.

I think MP3Split is the one we've been recommending.

http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php

Koz

[billw58]

Import the MP3 into Audacity
Select the section of interest
Do File > Export Selection

Note that you will need to install the LAME MP3 encoding library to export as an MP3. http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

You could also export as AIF and let iTunes convert to MP3 for you.

-- Bill