Dell 30 manual Edit audio tracks

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Using a Dell DJ MP3 player for field playback of bird songs.

Rev A2, November, 2005

Step 3 – Edit audio tracks.

This is a relatively straightforward but very tedious task that has to be replicated for each track (twice or more per track if you separate songs and calls). As I mentioned earlier, I use Adobe Premiere -- other editors will differ in operation but should allow the same basic functions shown in the screenshot.

In Premiere, I import raw tracks into the project window, drag the track to be edited into the source window then select the portion that I want (here I’m extracting a call which is typically at the end of a track). Finally, the selected portion is dragged to the timeline where it can be saved to disk. Note that I placed the selected audio one second from time 0 to ensure clean transitions when playback is looped.

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Contents Using a Dell DJ MP3 player For field playback of bird songs Table of Contents Introduction Original RequirementsCompromises DecisionHardware Software Musicmatch JukeboxDell DJ Explorer Audio EditingSource material Implementation OverviewOrganization Page Looking at the results Getting to a bird Software Workflow Copy the source material to diskPage Add source tracks to Raw Birds Library Page Page Page Edit audio tracks Page Convert edited tracks to MP3 format Add MP3 files to Birds Library Copy Birds Library to Dell DJPage DJ Settings Practical MattersDJ Operation Problems and Annoyances DJ playerDesired Features Ongoing ConcernsAppendix
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