Newbie question
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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jstephens62
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Newbie question
My apologies for such a simple question, but I have reviewed the manual and forum and do need some help. I am running a new download of Audacity on a Windows 7 system. I have an 8 minute MP3 file, and I just want to delete the first 3.5 minutes. I can select it, but he "delete" function is grayed out in the Edit mode. What would the next step be. Thanks in advance.
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kozikowski
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Re: Newbie question
You will lose the editing tools if you Paused Audacity instead of Stopping it.
Instead of trying to drag-select a portion by eye, you can use the time tools at the bottom of the frame.
However, it's probably not a good idea to be doing this in Audacity at all. The way Audacity works decreases the sound quality if you want to export a similar size MP3 when you're done. That and you have to add special software for Audacity to make a new MP3 at all.
Much better in a simple editing job like that to use MP3Splt
http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php
And there's another one I gotta look up.
Koz
Instead of trying to drag-select a portion by eye, you can use the time tools at the bottom of the frame.
However, it's probably not a good idea to be doing this in Audacity at all. The way Audacity works decreases the sound quality if you want to export a similar size MP3 when you're done. That and you have to add special software for Audacity to make a new MP3 at all.
Much better in a simple editing job like that to use MP3Splt
http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php
And there's another one I gotta look up.
Koz
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kozikowski
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Re: Newbie question
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Newbie question
If you use MP3Splt you need to get the GTK version, unless you are comfortable typing out text at the command-line.kozikowski wrote:http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php
Gale
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