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Spinless:
Me and a friend recorded a spontaneous jam session. Listenning to it's a laugh. But now I have a 90 minute wav file and I don't know what to do with it.
 Software for breaking it apart into smaller parts, changing it's format and doing other little things to it? Adding more layers? Nice drum sequences?
I could use google, but I want to know what you guys find the most convinient.
Don't just drop a name and run, I want to know why you use that software.
One teeny problem, I'm flatout broke. Has to be free. Unless you can hook me up some other way (which would be pretty kickass).
If you must, then do recommend pay4ware, I just won't be able to use it (at least until I have money, which could be months away).
 As for the recording part of this thread, what do you have to watch out for? Where do you put the mic? Any way to reduce 'buzz'? Tips and tricks to get the best out of your guitar/amp/keyboard/whatever? I once saw a guy put some tissue paper around a frame and fix it infront of his mic, what's that for? Know any unorthodox ways to get a weird sound?

And, by all means post your own projects and fuckarounds, but keep in mind there's a whole other (active) thread for that, so don't get carried away, just use them as examples and stuff, 'Hear that buzz 22 seconds in? that's because...'

BrittanyMarie:
I'm not very well-versed in this, but my ex records a lot of bands in Fargo and I think they sound pretty good. I think ProTools is generally considered to have the best bang for your buck (He got it off a p2p) and is relatively user-friendly. And: buy some nylons and stretch them out in between the mic and your mouth when singing. Otherwise anytime you say a "p" sound, you get a little air whoosh.

BrittanyMarie:
nonono ... Fargo is a town. He records a lot of bands in the city of Fargo. Sorry!

(Come on man it is even a Cohen Brothers movie!)

Rubby:
Ha! I live for this shit.
It sounds like what you need is a little program called cool edit pro (although it was recently bought by adobe and the newest version is called audition, but that's beside the point). It's not very "job-specific" so you can use it for any type of audio editing you want to do (as opposed to, say, sound-forge which is more built for sample savvy folks who primarily use Acid pre Sony buy-out). The reason I mention cool edit is because it has a track splitting option where you can take one big audio file, place markers to indicate separate tracks and instantly save each one to any format at any sample rate you would like. It sounds like what you want is mp3's at about a 128-192 bit rate with 41000 kb/s sample rate. That's about CD quality but it won’t take up too much hard drive space. If you're a beginner with all this, that might sound daunting, but there is actually a really simple, user friendly option menu when you "Save As" an audio segment. The thing with cool edit though, is that it’s also a sequencer, so once you're done re-formatting your audio data you can throw it into the sequencer and layer in all the drum tracks you please.
Cool Edit is not free-ware (although there might be a trial version), but...um, let’s just say I'm sure you can find it.

edit: Yeah, the nylons before the mic thing. The hissing "ess" noise is called sibilance and it can damage your mic, your speakers and your ears. Dont let it happen to you!

Thrillho:
Quartz is good for what you want, but shite for actual recording. It uses .wavs, so you should be okay with it.

I use it. But it's cack at everything except what you want to do from the sounds of things.

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