What's the best way to ADD some dead air at the end of an MP3 file?

[Kelemvor]

I have a ringtone/notification sound that I use for Outage type texts or emails from work. We are using a new system now and it's setup that it plays whatever notification you choose, for 5 seconds. My tone is only about 1.5 seconds so it plays it 3 times in a row which is really annoying.

I just want to take my MP3 and add a few seconds of dead air at the end so it only will play once.

What's the easiest way to do that?

Thanks.

 

[Fritzo]

You can easily do this with Audacity. It's a free audio editor.

 

[Crono]

You can easily do this with Audacity. It's a free audio editor.

This. Easiest way to add silence to any audio file.

 

[Kelemvor]

Ah yeah. I've used that program before... Long ago. I'll check it out tomorrow.

Thanks.

 

[BurnItDwn]

well, in the 1990s I would convert from mp3 backto wav in winamp, then I would open the wav up in sound recorder or "cool edit" and go to the end and hit the orange circle/record button. Then after a few seconds it would be done, I would save/exit and then re-encode the mp3 using l3enc on my cyrix p200+. It would take about 1-2 hours per track to encode at 128kbit.

 

[Jeff7]

well, in the 1990s I would convert from mp3 backto wav in winamp, then I would open the wav up in sound recorder or "cool edit" and go to the end and hit the orange circle/record button. Then after a few seconds it would be done, I would save/exit and then re-encode the mp3 using l3enc on my ***** p200+. It would take about 1-2 hours per track to encode at 128kbit.

Why is that word not banned on these forums?

 

[Kelemvor]

Found that Audacity has the Insert Silence option which worked great.
Thanks.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Why is that word not banned on these forums?

I think its because it has long been forgotten by most....
I will NEVER FORGET.

Also, I was 16 when I purchased it, it was my first "built and bought myself" PC, I worked at Wendys at the time, ss cheap was priority....

The rest of the machine was pretty respectable, 4.3GB bigfoot, Model M, 4mb S3 Virge (later Upgraded to Canopus Pure3d), 32mb sdram, Added a 2x CD-R when they dropped down below 300 bucks...

 

[kranky]

The term "dead air" always reminds me of a prof I had in a radio broadcasting class. In the span of 10 minutes, he gave us these two conflicting pearls of wisdom:

1. Never be afraid to pause and gather yourself. That's better than stumbling over your words.
2. Dead air is deadly.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The term "dead air" always reminds me of a prof I had in a radio broadcasting class. In the span of 10 minutes, he gave us these two conflicting pearls of wisdom:

1. Never be afraid to pause and gather yourself. That's better than stumbling over your words.
2. Dead air is deadly.

Gathering yourself isn't necessarily dead air.

Last weekend, I caught the tail end of Prairie Home Companion, and before he starts reading the credits, I'm treated to a half-sung, "where are my note papers, I'm useless without my note papers, ah here they are!"