Batch trim possible?

[ssanchez]

I have been converting several hundred cassette tapes to mp3s and have been using WavePad to trim to leading and trailing blank tape noise. The manual autotrim sometimes works and sometimes only trims to the click when the leader passes and the actual tape starts.

 

I'm wondering if there is a way to point WavePad to a directory of mp3 files and have it autotrim the blank noise so the mp3 starts with the actal recording and ends when the recording ends, instead of including the trailing hiss?

 

It's a great tool, it just takes time manually to load an mp3 file, try to autotrim, then save the file, then load the next, etc., or load the file, manually trim the start and end, then save, etc.

 

Anyway to automate this so I can point it to a directory and come back an hour later would be awesome! Thanks for the help and the great tool!

[nchngoc]

We will consider this in future versions of WavePad. Thank you.

[ssanchez]

We will consider this in future versions of WavePad. Thank you.

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Let me know if/when you get it. I would think there are a lot of people out there converting cassettes to digital. The biggest labor timesink of the process is trimming the leading and trailing "tape hiss" from converting a tape to mp3. If you had a product that would automate that, including being smart enough to also delete the "click" when the leader changes to tape, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

 

BTW, I use a PlusDeck2 cassette player to convert tapes to MP3s. Put in a tape, click the convert button and come back in 90 minutes to find both sides converted to two MP3s. However, the MP3s have the leading/trailing hiss. That requires going in manually, loading each mp3 (a 30-45 minute tape takes awhile in WavePad), trimming the leading blank noise, trimming the trailing blank noise, saving the file (again, lots of time), then starting with loading another file. Ties up too much time.

 

The perfect solution would be to point the program to a directory, and have it batch process the loading, trimming, saving and loading the next file until all the files in the directory are processed.

 

Please consider this for a future release/product...and PLEASE email me when you have it. I have a few hundred tapes to convert!

 

Many thanks!

[ssanchez]

One other thought: If you need someone to work with in beta testing, I'd make myself available for this. I've worked professionally in IT for the past 13 years and have participated in several betas. I have a number of machines available for testing and would be happy to help you make this a great feature/product.

 

If you're interested, let me know.

 

SS

[nchngoc]

Hi SS,

 

That would be great! I will add you to our beta tester list for WavePad. Thank you for your support.

 

 

One other thought: If you need someone to work with in beta testing, I'd make myself available for this. I've worked professionally in IT for the past 13 years and have participated in several betas. I have a number of machines available for testing and would be happy to help you make this a great feature/product.

 

If you're interested, let me know.

 

SS

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