sound editing: tool for .wma -> remove cruft -> .mp3

[Brian Cluff]

Audacity will do all that, just load your file, select the parts you 
don't want and press delete.  Once you've deleted all the parts you 
don't want, just export to MP3.

Brian Cluff

PS Press the space bar to play or stop playback of the selected part.

On 05/01/2016 06:16 PM, Tom Roche wrote:
> I've got some Windows Media audio (.wma) files that
>
> - are overlong, since they contain inaudible or useless bits
>
> - I want to be able to play on my MP3 player
>
> Several Linux tools (I like `pacpl`) will do the transcoding (i.e., .wma -> .mp3), but I want to do the following (unless there's A Better Way) for each .wma file:
>
> 1. Convert the .wma file into a raw-format (e.g., .wav or .raw) file.
>
> 2. Edit the raw-format file to remove unwanted portions.
>
> 3. If necessary, catenate the wanted bits back into a single file.
>
> 4. Convert the edited file to .mp3.
>
> Extra credit for a tool that will also allow me to adjust the playback balance: these were event recordings and speakers were at varying distances from the mic.
>
> Nothing fancy, but I'd appreciate recommendations for The Tool For The Job--esp from folks who have actually used the tool :-) Experience is preferred because, the last time I had a roughly-similar requirement (~5 years ago in a galaxy far away--but it also involved video, now that I think about it), the Linux recommendations I got all proved useless, and I had to use a local Mac (to which I no longer have access) with Final Cut Pro.
>
> FWIW, I'm running Debian 8.
>
> your assistance is appreciated, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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