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[WriteLog] need a SIMPLE wave file editor

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Subject: [WriteLog] need a SIMPLE wave file editor
From: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith)
Date: Tue Mar 4 04:11:46 2003
It took me a while to get comfortable with Goldwave.  Part of the 
problem being that a couple of months or more would go by between uses. 
 The thing I had the most problem remembering was how to select a 
portion of the file to delete, enhance or whatever.  Presuming that you 
have the same problem, here's the trick.

1.  Display the waveform you want to edit.
2.  Hold down the LEFT mouse button, move the mouse to the beginning 
(leftmost) portion of the waveform you want to edit and release the button.
3.  Hold down the RIGHT mouse button, move the mouse to the end 
(rightmost) portion of the waveform you want to edit and release the 
button.  You will now see a portion of the waveform highlighted with 
respect to the the rest of it.  This is the part of the waveform which 
will be affected by what you do next.
4.  To delete the highlighted portion, hit the delete key on the keyboard.

To delete dead time at the beginning, do steps 1, 3 and 4.  i.e. skip step 2

To delete dead time at the end, do steps 1, 2 and 4.  i.e. skip step 3

Yes, GW will do a lot of things we aren't interested in but it will do 
what we want very well and very easily.  e.g. when recording  files to 
be transmitted it isn't at all easy to record each one at the same 
amplitude.  Doesn't matter.  Once you have recorded a file, in the GW 
menu go to Effects|Volume and select Maximize.  You will get a dialogue 
box offering a bunch of options.  Select the default.  Bingo, the 
maximum amplitude of the waveform is now set to a standard level.  Do 
the same for the next file you record and now it is set to the same 
level.  If you want (and I do) you can increase the levels of individual 
syllables using Maximize and the selection process described above.

The GW documentation is somewhat daunting and it took me quite a while 
to get here.  Now that I am, I'm glad I persevered.  I hope that this 
info will be the key to you having success with GW.

73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO

 

FireBrick wrote:

>I've used the sound recorder, sort of primitive.
>I've used Goldwave, sort of overkill and more than my feeble mind can
>handle.
>
>Is there a wave file editor in between that I can use
>to edit the dead time at beginning and end of a wave file.
>Also like to clean/enhance the sounds.
>
>May be asking too much but open to suggestions.
>
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