Free, light program to crop mp3s.

[G]

Google gives me too many results.

And by light, I do not mean something like Adobe Audition. :mad:

[Vietnamese Crippler]

If you have Nero installed, you should already have Nero WaveEditor already installed, unless you chose not to install it in the initial setup, of course.

[Funky Fly]

Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/) is your hook up.

[Requiem]

Total Recorder allows you to crop files.

[G]

Downloaded Audacity, which I'm pretty sure I've used before. Dunno where it went on my HD, probably deleted it. I do have Nero Wave Editor, which seems to be the same as what Audacity does, so I guess I'll use that since I already have it.

[G]

I for the life of me cannot seem to keep the kbps rate the same after cropping a mp3. The sound quality always comes out crap compared to the original. For instance, the original is around 300, but the edited file goes down to 80. I cannot find anywhere on either Audacity or Nero WaveEditor that lets me change this. All I want to do is cut some of the song out while preserving the quality of the song.

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[Vietnamese Crippler]

Have you tried playing around in the Settings? There may be an option that lets you change the output bitrate.

[G]

yeah i can't find anything in either program. tried it with audacity, and the quality seems to not deteriorate as badly, so i am just using that.

[Funky Fly]

In Audacity: Edit > Preferences > MP3 Export Setup > Bit Rate

[G]

thank you kindly

[Vietnamese Crippler]

You're welcome.

[G]

wow, i was mixed up. i meant i was using audition.