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simple sample editor

pomegranate	Date: June 17, 2007 @ 12:43 AM I'm looking for a simple sample editor. The one feature that it absolutely must have is the the one which automatically cuts the sample up into parts. So if you have opened a drum beat and use this feature it will automatically divide it up into segments where it can clearly see there is a seperate sound so, bass drum, hi hat, snare etc. You can then save these segments individually. I used to use the free tool Wavesurgeon that did the job fine. This program simply does not work on my computer anymore. I've tried to download a few other progams and they don't work either. I used to use another program some years ago which I think was Recycle although that automatically saved the component parts and so was not as useful as one which divides them up and then allows you to save the segments as you wish. I don't need any bangs and whistles. The only other feature I use for sample editing is Cooledit's noise reduction. I can cut up samples in Cooledit of course but it takes a long time as I have to do it by hand. Wavesurgeon was also better at cutting up samples into loops that loop properly. If you do it by hand in Cooledit sometimes the beginning and end times are a bit off and so it doesn't quite loop perfectly. The only problem with Wavesurgon was that the automatic divisions it puts onto the sample were not always at the zero point. That sometimes means that you will get a clicking sound in the sample. In these cases you have to do it yourself by zooming in and moving the division until both the left and right parts of the stereo sample cross the zero line (cut to zero). This way there is no click. I suppose my dream sample editor would have a feature which would 'bump' the dividing line to the nearest cut to zero point but that might be asking too much. All I need really are the names of some programs so I can then download a demo version or search for it on Limewire.
leedsquietman	Date: June 17, 2007 @ 1:31 AM As I use Sony Soundforge which is not a free program I don't know how effective it is but freeware open source program audacity is designed as an audio editor. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
DaveWL	Date: June 18, 2007 @ 10:05 AM What program do you run the loops in? Sounds like what you are describing is “acidizing“ and the divisions you refer to are the beat slices. Acidizing being probably the most popular way to format audio so that you can manipulate it in loops. This is not the functionality of a normal audio editor and probably you should be looking for programs that acidize waves. “Acid” itself and Recycle Beat creator do this. Don’t offhand know of a simpler one.
pomegranate	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 3:21 AM I'm not talking about "acidizing". In soundforge it is called "autoregion" - a feature which chops up the sample automatically. I've downloaded Soundforge and it does have the "auto region" feature but you can't individually "save selections" (regions) and you can't lock regions. It's very very difficult to use for what I want.
leedsquietman	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 10:37 AM Soundforge is about as simple as it gets for audio editing. Seriously. You can isolate each region you want and trim it then save. Since you downloaded it rather than purchasing it, you probably won't have the full range of help files, no manual and probably some functionality will also be missing.
BasicBoy	Date: October 6, 2007 @ 10:53 AM fruity loops had a nice little plugin called fruity slicer.i use it for cutting up alot of samples and ive found it works really well all you do is choose the samples and hey presto its cut.and you can save it easily in .wav and other formats if you need to use it with something else