Need App to split music album into individual songs

mileslong

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 19, 2005

• #1

i have an entire album of music that is all on one file in my itunes. i would like to split it into separate tracks. i have a number of applications that might work but im sure which one to try first. hopefully someone out there has done this before and can save me a lot of time trying different things.

i have:

audacity
garageband
audio highjack pro
imovie hd
dvd studio pro
mpeg streamclip
mpeg2 works

 

jelloshotsrule

macrumors G3

• Dec 19, 2005

• #2

garageband would certainly work

as would imovie

i'd lean towards gb though. open up the single file, and cut it up. then export as aiff. bring them all into itunes and convert to whatever you want (mp3, aac, etc)

 

mileslong

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 20, 2005

• #3

thanks jello!

 

freeny

macrumors 68020

• Dec 20, 2005

• #4

Quicktime would also do the trick.

 

J

jdechko

macrumors 601

• Dec 20, 2005

• #5

Right now, (as I'm on a PC) I vote for Audacity. It's pretty easy to just make a selection (by clicking and dragging) and then select "Export selection to (insert choice)"

In the preferences menu, you can change the uncompressed export option from WAV to AIFF.
If you want to export mp3, you may have to download the lame_enc.dll. I'm not sure, as I've never used audacity on a Mac.

 

Soulstorm

macrumors 68000

• Dec 20, 2005

• #6

There is also another great shareware app, Amadeus 2.

It lets you place markers into the song and then split the song according to these markers with one click. It also has one of the best convertors out there and implements support for any quicktime music format, and .ogg files.

It's a little old, but usable.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/7392

 

R

road dog

macrumors regular

• Dec 20, 2005

• #7

also CD Spin Doctor

there's also CD Spin Doctor... which is part of Toast and Boom Box.