Batch Processing - Removing Silence -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Batch Processing - Removing Silence Posted by: billyjr82 Date:8/16/2003 7:09:33 PM I'm trying to remove exactly 24 ms of silence before approx 300 sound files. What it is, is a bunch of audio files that when put together are supposed to be completely nonstop. But for some reason, all of the tracks I have on file have 24 ms of silence before each track. I've tried the batch converter program, but it only wants to cut in seconds (or 100's of ms at the smallest) or it just won't cut it at all. Sound Forge doesn't even really do it right with one file. I told it to cut it, and I resaved it as a new mp3, and it didn't remove anything. To get Sound Forge to cut it, I'd have to save it as a wav file and then re-convert it back to an mp3 as two separate processes.
Subject:RE: Batch Processing - Removing Silence Reply by: Chienworks Date:8/17/2003 2:59:46 AM The silence at the beginning and end of MP3 files is deliberate. It's part of the MP3 specification. Saving to MP3 from within SoundForge will always add the silence at the beginning and end. If eliminating the gaps is important then don't use MP3.

Subject:Batch Processing - Removing Silence

Posted by: billyjr82

Date:8/16/2003 7:09:33 PM

I'm trying to remove exactly 24 ms of silence before approx 300 sound files. What it is, is a bunch of audio files that when put together are supposed to be completely nonstop. But for some reason, all of the tracks I have on file have 24 ms of silence before each track. I've tried the batch converter program, but it only wants to cut in seconds (or 100's of ms at the smallest) or it just won't cut it at all. Sound Forge doesn't even really do it right with one file. I told it to cut it, and I resaved it as a new mp3, and it didn't remove anything. To get Sound Forge to cut it, I'd have to save it as a wav file and then re-convert it back to an mp3 as two separate processes.

Subject:RE: Batch Processing - Removing Silence

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:8/17/2003 2:59:46 AM

The silence at the beginning and end of MP3 files is deliberate. It's part of the MP3 specification. Saving to MP3 from within SoundForge will always add the silence at the beginning and end. If eliminating the gaps is important then don't use MP3.