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Small tool for editing mpeg audio directly.

mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing mpeg audio directly. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to new files. All without the need to decompress your mp3 into pcm/wav. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. And there is no quality loss through any re-compressions.

Trim your CD grabbings or directly to mp3 recorded vinyls or tapes. Cut favorite songs from long mp3 radio or live recordings. Make multiple cuts and fades. mp3DirectCut is very fast and gives you extensive control over your mp3s:

Several prelisten functions · MP3 visualisation and VU meter · Easy navigation · Fading, volume setting, normalizing · Pause detection · Direct recording of MP3 (ACM and Lame encoder supported) · Layer 2 support · ID3v1.1 support · Cue Sheet support

Features:

* Non-destructive cut, copy, paste
* Volume change, fade, normalize, pause detection
* mp3 recording with ACM or Lame encoder
* Fast mp3 visualisation and easy navigation
* Supports Layer 2 (dvd/dvb audio)
* ID3v1.1 tag editor · ID3v2 tag keeping
* Cue Sheet support
* Auto cue (track dividing by time values)
* Track splitting with filename and tag creation
* Trim · Crop · Fast play · Loop play
* VU meter, bitrate visualisation
* High speed recorder · Command line usage

What's New:

* Batch processing dialog
* Prelisten did not work on a selection from beginning
* Saving storage behaviour for ID3v1 tag to config
* Splitted status line with ID3 usage info
* New languages: Croatian, Indonesian
* Adjustable big timer height
* Other improvements