[capwkidd]

I am going to the Newport show, and thought I should create a new demo CD.... I would like to rip straight from the CDs, organize the tracks, copy the most important parts of the tracks, so they can be on the CD also..... so the short parts I like most will be on the CD, as well as the full tracks.... probably further up the CD....

Example:
Track 1 - Sample of 1st Song

Track 10 Full 1st song

I use to have a program to do this in Windows, but I use a Mac now.... suggestions?

[skunark]

You can use Audacity to create the samples of the songs you want and then you can create a playlist in iTunes and have it burn that to a CD.    I would probably stick with WAV or AIFF for your project.

[low.pfile]

It's possible with iTunes. A down and dirty quick clip mix. Though you won't be able to add a fade to the end of a clip though as you can in Audacity. If you have the time, Audacity will result in a nicer demo CD.

For iTunes.

A. Create a song clip in iTunes

1. highlight song in the iTunes list. select File>Get info

2. Click options Tab. Select start and stop time.

Make a note of all the songs you change the start/stop time to revert to normal after burning a CD.


B. Create a new playlist

- Organize the order as needed with the Clips and full songs.


C. Burn the mixed playlist to CD


D. Go back reset the start/stop times for the songs changed.

[saisunil]

Thanks low.pfile - didn't know itunes had that option ...

Cheers
Sunil.

[srb]

If you think you might want to change the order of tracks on the demo CD around or want several CD versions with different orders, you could also just make copies of the tunes you want shortened versions of and then you won't also need to reset them to full length for normal library play.
 
If you select a song and choose "Create XXX Version", you will make a copy of it.  The format will be whatever the current settings are in Edit > Preferences > Import Settings (General tab) and the menu selection will reflect that, i.e. if it is set to WAV, the menu selection will say "Create WAV Version".
 
Then you can append the name of the copy with something like " - Sample" to differentiate the shortened version.
 

 
Steve

[capwkidd]

You guys are awesome  !

I'll try this tonight! Having fades would be less jarring.... But I'll see how it works without them. I think I already have all the songs ripped in iTunes as wav....

Of course if any one has further ideas, please feel free to contribute !

[srb]

In a way it's easier to isolate the start and stop times in Audacity because you can listen to the song and pause it, readjust the cursor position if desired, etc. rather than having to enter numerical times into the iTunes fields.
 
Although you can't select different fade-in/out curves in Audacity like more ambitious studio editors, you can easily highlight the amount of seconds to apply the fade effects.  And outside of studio editing, a linear fade-in/out is probably what you want anyway.
 
It's just a little more time consuming to use Audacity in conjunction with iTunes because of the extra file management steps required to open the file in Audacity and export back to the iTunes folder.  But once you go through the procedure, it's not difficult.
 
BUT ..... now that I think about it, the iTunes start and stop times apply to playback from the iTunes database (in iTunes or an iPod), but I'm not sure if that will result in a shorter song when that file is burned to a CD.  ?  Haven't tried it.
 
Audacity is free, so you may want to download it and give it a try.
 
Steve