Need just a part out of a whole MP3 file..

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Hello,

I have an mp3 file of a song (downloaded legally ;)) but the thing is, I want to use a part of that song, just a part and it lies smack-dab in the middle of the song.

So, how can I cut out just that part? Any easy-to-use software out there? Any help?!

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Although I haven’t used it but I think this should do the job for you and seems extremely easy to use.

MP3 Cutter Plus - Easily cut MP3 music files

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There is an app in the nero suite, i forgot the name but it does the job very easily..

EDIT:- its Nero Wave Editor: Audio authoring tool capable of recording, trimming, filtering, mixing and exporting audio.

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MP3 cutter is easy to use and is very simple. And it’s some MBs rather than GB of Nero bloat… :wink:

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Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder will be a good choice…also available as portable app…

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try audacity, its a good sound editor

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use mp3 cutter . simple as that

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Would this require a re-encode ?

..the other one does not.

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I use audacity too. It has a lot more than just what you want though.

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This one dosent ,..either…u can directly export to mp3…although for first time u’ll have to point it to “lame_enc.dll” file…

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OT: Lazygarfield ??? Come on …do u really need to put LAZY before garfield :face_with_tongue: ???

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Just to be clear…

The ideal way to do what the OP wants is without a re-encode as that way the snippet retains the same quality as the original.

Can you confirm that Audacity does that in this particular instance ?

Reason i ask is wav editors rarely do that, they convert to wav, let you modfy and then encode (re-encode in this instance) the remainder to give you the result.

A tool i’ve used from ages ago for this very purpose is mp3trim. But the free version will only handle a max track duration of 7 minutes.

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I think Audacity, retains the quality. A digital editor per say.

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I use Jet audio player. Its a free download. It can record songs as it plays. I use those to cut a few section of songs or movie sound to use as ring tones in my mobile.

Its completely free. You have a record option… select a file to play and click on record, it gives you option to choose to the file type to save i.e wav, or mp3 and several other types. Just click on stop button when you are done. The part of the captured sound will be saved in the location chosen. I did not see any quality drop. You need not have any extra gadgets. It works perfectly fine for me and i am still using it

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[OT] My thoughts as well. Tautological. :face_with_tongue:

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Mentioned Nero cause most people have it anyway..I have used the one in version 6, so if you have some older setup, it would work just fine..

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Okay…correction. Audacity, will not reproduce perfect MP3 crops.

From a query I raised on the Audacity Forum.

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As i suspect a lot of other apps recommended by ppl here are ALSO doing.

Here’s a simple test, disable any mp3 encoder the app uses and then try to trim your files, if the app complains something is missing, you’re getting a reencode :slight_smile:

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^^

How about Sony Soundforge. But that is paid. It is supposed to have good features.

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Any sound editing software will always convert a mp3 file to wav in memory before it can do work on it. mp3 container is like a zip, you cannot work on the contents before extracting them.