Editing an mp3 file

[Zook]

Is there a program that allows you to make simple changes to an mp3 file like edit it's length?

[Kawaiikousuke]

Originally Posted by Microsoft994

Is there a program that allows you to make simple changes to an mp3 file like edit it's length?

Do you mean like make it shorter? Cause audacity can do that.

Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

[Petie]

There are plenty that can do it. Are you looking for something that's free or just a program in general?

[Zook]

Originally Posted by Petie

There are plenty that can do it. Are you looking for something that's free or just a program in general?

free b/c I just want to cut of the end of a song that is complete silence.

EDIT: hey thanks for that link to Audacity, good fun messing around with songs

[The M.C.]

ringtones?

yeah i have Audacity too, it works really well. but i think it only reads MP3 files

[Zook]

ok so my second question now is can I remove the vocals from a song using a program? I tried doing so using Audacity but it didn't work too well, any suggestions?

[Petie]

In reference to your second question, you really can't. Well, you can't do it well anyway. If you want an instrumental version of the song, you'd probably have an easier time locating an original without the vocals (which is not an easy thing to do but I'm using it as a reference to show how difficult it actually is to remove the vocals).

You can play with whatever mixer plug-in your program has and remove the frequencies that correspond to the voices but this is a lot of trial and error and it never fully removes the voices anyway. Plus, it degrades the music behind the vocals to the point where many times, you can't really hear the music anymore anyway.