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Edit *.MP3 files, What proprams U-Guys use?

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I have some programs to edit *.WAV files but not *.MP3. Can someone lists some good ones?. Also, what Encoding realy means?

Thanks a bunch.
 
Whatever you find to edit mp3 files is going to have to decode it and work on it in wav format then put it back to the mp3 format. Probly easier to decode/decompress to wav format, then edit as you wish with a wav editor and encode/compress it back to mp3 again. I think I heard of something that does like you say once, don't remember the name of it, and its basicly gonna do what I mention above anyway. Enconding/compressing a wav to mp3 is sorta like using zip, just compresses it so it uses less space. You can encode/compress wavs at many different quality scenerios, depending on how you set your encoder and what encoder you use. If your not carefull, you can end up with some pretty crappy sonding mp3's. 128 bit encoding seems to be the internet standard, I use 192-256 for archieving my stuff for better quality.
 

Thanks Sled.

I did it something like you stated before I post the Theard. But the sounds quality is alot less than CD . Here is how I did.

First, rip to Wave from CD using MusicMatch, then I use wave editor to edit it. Then convert it to MP3 also using MusicMatch. The final file came out about 3Meg but the sound is alot less quality. However, If I rip directly to MP3 from CD using MusicMatch the file about 4Meg and sound quality is about same as CD.
 
For starters, Sled, is right that almost any MP3 editor will internally decompress the files into WAV and then edit them. Having said that, I use GoldWave for my editing needs. It works well. Re-encoding can be a little pain as GoldWave doesn't have the best encoder.

For encoding purposes I use MusicMatch JukeBox and encode at 128kbs. Now you said that if you ripped directly to MP3 you got better quality music than when you did it yourself. Well, if you were to play the 2 files in something Winamp, you'd probably see that one of them was encoded at 96kbs, perhaps, and the other at 128/160kbs..

Now the encoding process itself needs a little explanation. The outright effect of encoding a WAV file into a MP3 file shrinks the file size dramatically. It is common to assume that a ZIP'ing sort of thing has happened, in as much as that it is true, creating a zip file and MP3 file uses 2 differnet style of encoding. With a WAV file of about 45 megs, the MP3 encoding algorithm, goes and removes all the sounds that are either too high or too low to be heard by the human ear. There are other things it does as well. Removing unwanted notes as the effect of shrinking files. You do this well enough and you end up with a file with ONLY the musical notes that you can hear..

For best quality, always encode MP3 files in atleast 128kbs, 160kbs is considered CD-Quality..but with 128kbs it's almost impossible to tell the difference. On top of that 128kbs saves you that little bit of space from 160kbs. As far as going beyond 192kbs..I'm not sure that is justified, but if you've got 30 gigs devoted to your MP3 collection, do as you please..Regards
 
Thanks for time and effort to put up a very informative article Cyph3r.

I did some searching for old theards on this board key word 'MP3' and found some good threads. Anyway, someone mention RazorRame program so I download and try it. It works pretty well. I used the program to Encode Wave to MP3 and it sounds just like the original. Looks like this is the way to go!
 
the ars technica comparison is good, but a tad old. Newer versions of lame are considered the best mp3 encoders now.

as for encoding mp3s, remember its a lossy format, meaning it throws out info each time it is compressed. decompressing your mp3 into a wav and recompressing = double quality loss.
 
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Just download evaluation version of CoolEdit and yes,it does allow me to edit MP3 file. The program seems very good. Now if someone know any deal of this software?

Thanks.
 
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