Mp3DirectCut 2.21

All you need to cut your mp3
mp3DirectCut is a fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for compressed mp3. You can directly cut, copy, paste or change the volume with no need to decompress your files for audio editing. This saves encoding time and preserves the original quality, because nothing will be re-encoded. The built in recorder creates mp3 on the fly from your audio input. Using Cue sheets, pause detection or Auto cue you can easily divide long files.

mp3DirectCut is a free, lossless audio editor and recorder for MP3 files. You can use this tiny tool to perform various actions such as: copy/paste, cuts/crops, gain/fades, change the volume, remove parts, split files, add/copy regions and more without decompressing the audio file (e.g. decompress MP3 file in PCM/WAV format). You will be able to save time, hard drive space and what's important, there is no quality loss when performing re-compressions. Because of its simple user interface anyone can easily do audio editing (even on multiple files - this utility supports batch operations) without changing the quality of the file. This application will run on all Microsoft Windows versions and it should run on other Linux distributions using a windows emulator such as Wine.

mp3DirectCut Review
Setup: Although, the software itself is delivered as a setup file (installer) you can force the program to start in portable mode. The program will allow you to do this when it runs for the first time - make sure that "Portable forced" box is checked and read the instructions.

Using the program: Despite of its amazing (small) size, there's a ton of features available. Everything starts with the (1) addition of the audio file that you want to change. Open a file, manipulate it however you want (2) and finally, export it in MP3 format (3). Obviously, I provided a short summary but to understand better what you can actually do with this software, it's suffice to take a look on the main features:

- Non-destructive MP3 files editing (using different actions such as trim, copy or crop)
- edit MP3 files (cut, copy, paste, change volume, preview edits and cuts)
- supports MP3 recording using LAME or ACM encoders, edit raw AAC audio files
- fast MPEG and MP3 visualization, VU meter, bitrate visualization, audio normalization and pause detections
- support for Layer 2 (DVD/DVB audio)
- cue sheet and auto cue support (divide tracks by time values)
- Unicode support and tag editor for ID3v1 tags
- high speed recorder, command line usage and batch processing
- created file can be used as ringtone on mobile phones
- create MP3 files from other sources (CD player, sound card, microphone etc.)
- other features are being added.

Features
Non-destructive cut, copy, paste
Volume change, fade, normalize
MP3 recording with ACM or Lame encoder
Fast MPEG visualisation and easy navigation
Layer 2 support (dvd/dvb audio)
AAC support
Batch processing
Cue Sheet support
Pause detection
Auto cue (track dividing by time values)
Track splitting with filename and tag creation
Trim · Crop · Fast play · Loop play
ID3v1.1 tag editor · ID3v2 tag keeping
VU meter · bitrate visualisation
High speed recorder · Command line usage
Unicode support

Current version
2.21 · 2015-09-30 · Recent changes:
Dark and bright themes and button symbols
Window color adjustable
VU meter slightly improved
Settings window re-arrangements
Dark style about window
New icon
Optional recording time limitation
Optional recording split by time
Some corrections

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This software runs on:  Windows, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8  Last updated: October 1, 2015

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