Help! - Audio people....

[Kitros]

I have a 30 minute long .cda file of my band which was recorded by the venue. It can be opened to listen to, however it cannot be edited (track seperation). I guess this is some kind of encoding? So how do I go about editing this? I use basic programs to rip the cd into mp3 or wav = nothing. I have also tried opening it with Acid = nothing.

Thanks guys and gals!

 

[RGN]

Can you burn it as an audio disc and play it like that?

 

[DaveSimmons]

If it's one long track you need to either
(a) convert it to WAV then use a WAV editor to find the periods of silence where you want to split it, then save each section as a separate wav file
-or-
(b) some WAV extraction software lets you set a starting and ending time within the one big track, just keep extracting over and over with different start/end times

Edit: tools website: www.hydrogenaudio.org

 

[Kitros]

I have the tools.
I know how to convert...

what's wrong is that I can't even open the friggin' .cda file. I CAN NOT OPEN IT IN AN EDITOR.
I can play it, though, and that's what is weird.

 

Burn it to an audio cd.

Then use a program to rip it to wav.

 

[Kitros]

it's on a cd, so should I duplicate it?

 

[Thegonagle]

I'm late to this one, but try ripping it, then use a wave editor.

 

[Phil21]

they don't mean burn it data onto a CD, burn it redbook, then rip it like any other CD on the planet? Heh.

-Phil

 

[Kitros]

redbook?

Garfang, I have tried ripping it, but it still won't open in an editor.