[microsound] Chopping up nonrhythmic music

[David Powers]

I could but considering the length of the piece and the number of
slices this could easily take a couple hours as opposed to a minute!
Maybe I'm lazy but I figure let machines do what machines are good
at...
~David

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Maurice Rickard <maurice at mac.com> wrote:
> David Powers wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Does anyone have any advice on the easiest way to chop up a
>> nonrhythmic orchestral piece into some types of slices which can then
>> be loaded into something like Kontakt (I'm on PC)... or know of a
>> slicer that doesn't impose the idea that the slice is a 'beat'? I seem
>> to remember some (free) program that would analyze audio and allow one
>> to manipulate little pieces. I'm really looking of something free
>> here.
>
> Why not go in with Audacity or some other two-track editor?  That way
> you can choose your cut points as opposed to leaving it to the software
> to decide.  (Granted, this requires listening over and over to snippets
> of your source material...but knowing your material is no bad thing.)
>
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>
> Maurice Rickard
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