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Michael Dene
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From: Loch,Vic, Australia

posted 25 March 2003 03:51 PM     profile   send email     edit
Jeff Lampert offered to help me work out the steel intro to an old song.
Problem is he needs me to send him an mp3 file of the intro.
What software do I need and how does one go about getting 30 secs of a cd into an mp3 file?

Thanks Michael

Bobby Lee
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From: Cloverdale, North California, USA

posted 25 March 2003 04:49 PM     profile   send email     edit
I use Cakewalk Pyro. Works great, but it's not free. It's worth paying for, though. It's a really nice, easy-to-use program for dealing with sound files and CDs.

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Graham
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From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

posted 25 March 2003 06:54 PM     profile   send email     edit
Michael:
What is the name of the song? I may have it and if so, will do up an mp3 and email it to Jeff.

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Michael Dene
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From: Loch,Vic, Australia

posted 25 March 2003 07:34 PM     profile   send email     edit
Bobby Lee,
thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.

Graham,
Thanks...the song is "Instant Coffee Blues" by Guy Clark with Hal Rugg playing steel.
It's off his 1st LP "Old No 1", way back in the early 70's.
I'll keep my ingers crossed. Darn I can't hold the steel...oh well.
Michael

Tony Prior
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From: Charlotte NC

posted 26 March 2003 07:11 AM     profile   send email     edit
Michael, you can also get a copy of MUSIC Match software, around $30 at Best Buy and places like that.

This is a very nice package which allows you to record from CD and create MP3's, or vice versa, and you can make CD's of your choice from many types of music files.

tp

Mike Neer
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From: NJ

posted 26 March 2003 09:48 AM     profile   send email     edit
dbPower Amp has a great free utility for ripping mp3s. I use it all the time. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Tommy Mc
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From: Middlesex VT

posted 26 March 2003 10:20 AM     profile   send email     edit
In addition to Mike's suggestion of dbpoweramp, (which is what I use) there is CDex http://www.cdex.n3.net/ which is less versatile, but maybe easier to jump right in to.
winston
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From: Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

posted 26 March 2003 10:27 AM     profile   send email     edit
You are going to need a program that will let you cut the wave file to include the part you want to send. CD ripping is not going to be enough unless you want to send the whole song. Programs like Goldwave, Sound Forge, any music editing program will let you cut just the part of the file you want to save. Most of these programs will save your edited wave file to mp3. Hope this helps. Winston May
Everett Cox
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From: Marengo, OH, USA

posted 26 March 2003 01:56 PM     profile   send email     edit
Total Recorder from www.highcriteria.com does exactly what Michael wants - and much more - for $12. Free version upgrades. Easy to use, small program, records from any source - including the soundcard's output (you can record whatever you can hear). Gives you many sampling rates and lets you 'audition' what you've recorded prior to commitiing to hard disk. Good product. --Everett
Graham
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From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

posted 26 March 2003 04:13 PM     profile   send email     edit
Michael:
Sent Jeff an mp3 of the intro for this song.

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Michael Dene
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From: Loch,Vic, Australia

posted 26 March 2003 05:35 PM     profile   send email     edit
Thankyou all!!!!

Graham, I read your reply too late!!

I have mastered (like oh yeah!) the intricacies of creating mp3 files from the above help and have sent Jeff a 10 zillion meg file of the whole song. What's the bet he prefers to work with yours!!

Thankyou all

Michael

Bobby Lee
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From: Cloverdale, North California, USA

posted 27 March 2003 12:13 PM     profile   send email     edit
I used to use Music Match Jukebox, but their never-ending promotional emails really turned me off. I hate that crap.

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