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  • chileboy
    dBpoweramp Enthusiast
    • Nov 2007
    • 96

    Using the Trim DSP effect

    I have some MP3 files that are captured audio streams. For some reason the program that I used to perform the capture on my PC put an audible (and annoying) "click" at the beginning of each file.

    I thought I would try the "Trim" effect to shave about 1/4 of a second from the beginning of each file, but it doesn't seem to work. That is, if I trim, for instance, 250 MS, the resulting file is identical to the source. I tried trimming 10 seconds just to be sure.

    I'm thinking I need to actually "convert" the file, is that right? That is, from MP3 to MP3. Right now, I am simply selecting "Converting to: [ID Tag Update]" and then adding the "Trim" DSP effect. Will that not work? I was trying to avoid an actual conversion in order to maintain the audio quality.

    Many thanks,

    - Mark
    Last edited by chileboy; 06-26-2012, 07:40 PM.
  • Spoon
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 43926

    #2
    Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

    Yes you have to convert to mp3
    Spoon
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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    • chileboy
      dBpoweramp Enthusiast
      • Nov 2007
      • 96

      #3
      Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

      Originally posted by Spoon
      Yes you have to convert to mp3
      OK, am I correct that there's no way of doing that without some loss of audio quality (however arguably insignificant)?

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      • Spoon
        Administrator
        • Apr 2002
        • 43926

        #4
        Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

        There might be other programs which can lossless trim mp3 files without re-encoding.
        Spoon
        www.dbpoweramp.com

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        • chileboy
          dBpoweramp Enthusiast
          • Nov 2007
          • 96

          #5
          Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

          OK, that's cool, thanks Spoon.

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          • chileboy
            dBpoweramp Enthusiast
            • Nov 2007
            • 96

            #6
            Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

            If I could revisit this briefly - if I use the trim DSP on a flac or ALAC file, I assume there's no loss of quality?

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            • Spoon
              Administrator
              • Apr 2002
              • 43926

              #7
              Re: Using the Trim DSP effect

              Lossless to Lossless has no loss of quality
              Spoon
              www.dbpoweramp.com

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