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I have a MP3 file where each line of the song is repeated thrice. When I hear it closely, what they have done is they have taken the whole song and somehow identified where each line ends (maybe they have their identifier as the 1 second silence between each line), copied the line and pasted it twice.
The reason why they have done this is, so that we will be able to memorize it easily. Now, what I want is the opposite. I want a software/method, where I identify the gap i.e., 1 second gap and then chop of the repeating 2 instances of the same line.
How do I do it and what software would best be suited for this?
+1 for the basics. the mp3 will likely be a stereo track, and the effect the OP describes could be done in several different ways that may not be easy to remove. any WAV-editing software (Adobe Audition, Goldwave, etc) can be used as well, tho Audacity is certainly the cheapest. :) – quack quixote – 2009-10-21T16:15:48.717
Quack - thanks for the vote. For those not familiar with Audacity, it will edit stereo tracks as described in the answer. I interpret kanini's question to indicate that he repetitions are separated by a one second gap. I have added an Audacity image of a stereo track with gaps. – Kije – 2009-10-21T18:33:35.150
Thanks Kije. I have downloaded Audacity. I will test it and keep you posted if I get into some trouble. – Kanini – 2009-10-21T18:51:12.243
kije, nice addition of the stereo track image; i think that's more like what the OP will see. – quack quixote – 2009-10-21T20:20:33.637
Kanini - hope this works for you. If you are going to recode to mp3, you might need a mp3 encoder. Audacity points here for the lame mp3 encoder http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ If you get into Audacity you will find other plugins etc here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ in the downloads tab.
– Kije – 2009-10-21T20:30:03.400