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Myna Is An Awesome Multi-Track Audio Editor For Anyone
6:30AM Kevin Purdy | Myna, a free online audio tool from the makers of reader favourite image editor Phoenix, lets pretty much anyone jump into recording, arranging, and mixing audio tracks for quickie soundtracks, or just for the fun of it. More »
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MP3Extractor Flags And Separates Large MP3 Files
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Lengthy MP3s, like a poorly converted audiobook or an analogue to digital recording, often need to be chopped into smaller, easily managed MP3s. MP3Extractor will make short work of it. More »
LMMS Turns Your Desktop Into A Music Sequencing Monster
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Linux only: LMMS puts a powerful set of music-making tools into one window, letting those who can’t swing a home studio roll samples, bass grooves, synths, and other effects into high-quality audio files. More »
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MP3DirectCut Edits Your MP3 Files Without Decompression
9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: MP3DirectCut is a non-destructive MP3 editor. Quickly slice and dice your MP3 files without having to decompress them for editing. If you need to quickly alter an MP3 without compromising quality MP3DirectCut allows you to cut, copy, paste as well as change the volume, fade and normalize MP3 audio all without having to decompress the file. In addition to the basics functions it has a built in ID3 editor, cue sheet support, loop play, and command line support. Save yourself the hassle of decompressing and re-encoding your files over simple edits. Although it the download is an installer, all application settings are written to the local folder. The application is fully portable, simply delete the desktop shortcut it creates after you install it to your flash drive. If you’re looking for a straight forward way to quickly merge your MP3s together, check out MP3 Merge. MP3irectCut is freeware, Windows only. MP3DirectCut [via The Portable Freeware Collection] More »
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Audacity Beta Adds Windows Media, MPEG-4 Support
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): The latest beta of Audacity, the open-source, all-purpose audio editor, integrates the FFMpeg tool to allow working with Windows Media, MPEG-4 and Dolby Digital (i.e. M4A and AC3) files, along with a lot of other new features for its fans. Those with FFMpeg already installed only have to locate their avformat-52.dll file in the Import/Export preferences setting to enable the (beta-level) support for non-standard files. Those without will get direct download links to the needed package in Audacity’s preferences window. One neat new feature on the editing end is sound-activated recording, which is definitely helpful for grabbing sounds from other apps. Audacity 1.3.6 beta is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Audacity 1.3.6 beta [via Download Squad] More »
FindSounds Searches and Previews Audio Files
10:41PM Kevin Purdy | For YouTube videos, presentations, or even just system sounds, having the right sound effect file can make all the difference. FindSounds, a search engine focused on audio files, is a heck of a lot more convenient than typing “.wav” into Google and wading through inconsistent results. Type in what you’re looking for and specify parameters, and the results are offered in playable previews and waveform diagrams. I almost always found relevant results in the 10 or so test searches I performed, and being able to see how long the sound helps winnow down results when you’re hunting just the right sound to fit into a project. Got your own sound clip search methods? Share ‘em in the comments. More »
Digitise your music collection with a free version of Cool Record Edit Pro
11:54AM Sarah Stokely | Windows only -You know that big collection of LPs and tapes you don’t play anymore? Well the Giveaway of the Day website is offering a free app which looks like a great way to kick off the move to digitising your music collection. Similar to open source app Audacity, Cool Record Edit Pro is a Windows-based app which allows you to record and clean up sound files from a range of sources.
It includes a click and crackle filter for cleaning vinyl records, a
noise filter for cassette-tape recordings, and an equaliser to enhance
the sound quality of all recordings.
Cool Record Edit Pro supports MPEG (MP3, MP2), WAV, Windows Media
Audio, Ogg Vorbis, Audio Tracks and Dialogic VOX) audio formats, and you can convert audio files from one format to another.
The system requirements are:
Windows 98/Me/2000/2003/XP, Windows Vista or better; CPU: >750MHz Intel or AMD CPU; RAM: 64 MB RAM or above.
Sounds like a good potential weekend project. If you try it out, let me know how you get on. :)
Cool Record Edit Pro [Giveaway of the Day] More » 
Convert Any Audio File with MediaEncoder Audio Edition
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: Free open source conversion app MediaCoder Audio Edition is like the audio-geek cousin of its easy-to-use, all-purpose brethren, MediaCoder. The main difference is in the sheer breadth of audio file types supported (including the iTunes default M4A, FLAC, and really esoteric stuff like “Enhanced 3GGP” and “OptimFrog Encoder”) and the many ways you can grab that audio—from DVDs, video files, or even web playlists. MediaCoder Audio Edition even supports the sound-tweaking DSP plugins made for Winamp, but offers a wealth of audio tweaks on its own. MediaCoder Audio Edition is a free download for Windows 98 and later systems, with 32- and 64-bit versions offered. MediaCoder Audio Edition [via FreewareGenius] More »
