RE: Waveform trimming at zero-crossing issue

["Bernhard Wagner" <loopdelightml@nosuch.biz>]

Hi Diane

Check the paragraph at the top of this page:
http://nosuch.biz/soundz/echoplexLoops.html
which refers to:
http://lame.sourceforge.net/tech-FAQ.txt

or, more shortly: your belief is true.

Bernhard
http://looop.biz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Scholtz [mailto:opbeachguy@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sonntag, 3. April 2005 12:45
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Waveform trimming at zero-crossing issue
>
>
> This is so frustrating.  I can sucessfully trim or crop and save ALL 
>audio
> file types at desired zero-crossing points EXCEPT for MP3 files.
> Whenever I
> perform a trim or crop function on the waveform it looks fine on
> the monitor
> and as long as it is still loaded in memory, but each time I save it to a
> file and reopen it, (regardless of what software I am using, Cool Edit,
> Cakewalk, Sound Forge) there is always a few milliseconds of silence
> inserted at the beginning and appended to the end of the waveform.  
>Surely
> others have experienced this and may know why this happens?  Based on my
> success with all other files types, I am starting to believe this must be
> inherent with MP3 file compression.  Can someone confirm this.
>
> If there is a workaround I would love to know what it is.  Thanks to all.
>
> Diane (Chucks account)