Making a Cover DEMO

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Denny Crane
Hi all,

I've been playing with a cover Band recently, and we played a gig in a large Venue where we actually needed a sound guy...lol

Anyways I talk him into recording our gig and it came out superb :)

Only problem was it is on cassette. I transfered the music to 3 CDs, the whole gig with no separation.

What I want to do is pick out like 10 of the best tunes and put them on one CD. What software can I use to break up or separate the tunes so I can put them on one CD?

Thanks in advance :)


P.S.

Sorry bout the book ..lol :)
 
Just about any DAW can do this. Import the one giant-ass long wav file and chop off everything you don't need. If that's all you want to do, save maybe some fade-outs, etc. The cheapest of the cheapest packages will allow you to do that, as well as add a bit of compression or eq and do your fade outs.

Might actually be a good way to get your feet wet with the wonderful world of computer based editing:)
 
I don't know either app first hand but would have to say yes on both.

You're cd should have 44.1kHz/16bit .wav files on 'em, or maybe even mp3s. Both should be easily handled by any DAW. The only thing I'd be a bit concerned about would be importing a file of that length. I can't imagine it would be difficult though.

Any way you could hit up a friend with a DAW package?
 
As far as a software for chopping up the waves, Audacity will work, and has the benifit of being free. I have used it in a similiar situation, Having one window of it with the full track, then cuting out pieces, moving them to another window and exporting. It worked on a 2gig P4 with 256mb RAM.
 
I'd maybe even use the free WavePad editor. Or Audacity. Lots of free ones that will allow you to do this.
 
I'd agree with Audacity also

hi, I've done a lot of editing just like you are describing. I had to record some live performances all in one huge-ass file, because the performers never took a break for me to render each set separately. I've used Audacity tons, in Windbloze and Linux, and it is a fine editor. (especially for free) The basic eq, compression, limiter, gain, yada-yada-yada, effects are all there as well. If you download the ladspa plugin pack, you get a whopping package of additional effects. If you install the lame mp3 encoder, you can convert to mp3 as well. Just my 2 cents, but if you are on a tight budget, Audacity has served me well . Good luck, John
 
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