Web User - UK (2020-01-22)

Workshop 2

54 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2020

Edit audio files

more easily

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Selectpartofthefilebyleft-clickinganddraggingyour

mouseoverit. Thehighlightedselectionshowsitscolours

inverted,^1 andthebeginningandendpointsare

displayedin seconds.^2 Youcanalsoclicka pointin thewave

form,thenclickoneofthePickbuttons^3 tochoosea pointin

thetrack.

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OpenyoursoundfilefromWaveEditor’sFilemenu.^1 The

softwaresupportsMP3,WAVandWMAfiles.Thewave

patternfillsthescreenwiththeentiresong^2 butyoucan

zoomintosectionsbyscrollingthemousewheelorusingthe

magnifying-glasssicons.^3 Clickthewavefirsttoseta marker

tozoomaround.^4

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Alternatively,typethebeginningandendtimeintothe

respectiveboxes,^1 whichcanhelpfine-tuneyour

selection.UntickingtheSelectedbox^2 removesthe

highlightingbutdoesn’tremovethetimesfromtheboxes.

WhiletheSelectedboxis ticked,thePlaybutton^3 onlyplays

thehighlightedsection.

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Toremovea sectionfromyourfile,selectit, right-clickit

andchooseDelete^1 fromthelistofoptions.Youcan

alsoCutthesection,^2 which does the same job but

saves the deleted section to the clipboard.

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e’re big fans of the free audio-editing software

Audacity (www.audacityteam.org) but its busy

interface and vast array of complicated features

can be overwhelming if you just want to perform a few

simple edits on a sound file.

The free program Wave Editor provides a simpler

alternative, with fewer tools and a simple interface that

isn’t bogged down with advanced options. All the basics

are covered for editing and rearranging your music

files, so you can trim unwanted sections; cut, copy

and paste sections to create new sounds; and make

a selection of adjustments to elements such as

volume levels at the click of a toolbar button. Here,

we explain how to use Wave Editor’s best features.

Wave Editor: wave-editor.com | 20 mins | Windo

Andy Shawsays

The Tools menu contains a selection of

additional programs you can integrate with

the software, but you have to pay for most

of them. If you want to carry out more

complex adjustments to your sounds, it’s

probably worth switching to Audacity

instead. On the plus side, Wave Editor’s free

Tag Editor component is competent at

editing a file’s meta information, such as

track and artist names. The first time you

click it, you’re taken to the download page.

EXPERT TIP

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