Live recording, how do I cut it up into indvidual MP3 songs?

[Sprocket]

I cant seem to figure out how to cut a live recording into smaller individual MP3 songs.
I thought Id be able to fade in and out in master mode and just record what I wanted, but it left me with a 45 second pause at the begining of my first MP3...and when I got done with my second MP3, I listened to it before sending it out and it recorded both the first and second songs together...I was wondering what was taking so long this time

So how do I cut a live performance up?
Ive been reading the manual, I cant make sense of it just yet but I'll continue to read.
Seems like its gonna be a punch, a copy, an edit or a bounce? All of which I dont really know how to use as of yet.

[cuthbert]

A quick way would be use the BRWC software to export WAV files onto your computer, and then edit them into individual songs in Audacity.

[Sprocket]

Ive since answered my own question by using the manual...I copied the track, selected the start time and then the end time, copied each song onto its own V track with the starting time of zero...and then mastered them individually to MP3.
Much easier than antisipated.

[Ted]

Seems like its gonna be a punch, a copy, an edit or a bounce? All of which I dont really know how to use as of yet.

I've gotten pretty good using LP Ripper to do this.

Awhile back I put up a tutorial that seems to have interested no one:

Instead of using Audacity to trim off the head and tail of my songs, I prefer to use LP Ripper.

It's a shareware (free to try) program for Windows that's intended for normal people (non-musicians) to convert their LPs and cassettes to digital files.  Its sole purpose in life is to cut up a big WAV file into one or more smaller WAVs or MP3s.

Not a single reply.  Talk about Maximum Shit Ratio.

But once you get the hang of LP Ripper, it's really fast to use.  If you are going to record many band rehearsals, and then cut it into individual songs, LP Ripper is a lot easier than doing it on the Micro BR or Audacity.

[Sprocket]

Am I able to use the "Master"(after hitting Utility) to do fade ins and outs?
Or do I have to use the track volume to do so?

[edit]answered my own question, yes, both.

[launched]

Not a single reply.  Talk about Maximum Shit Ratio.

Damn, I forgot about MSR in the glossary - I'll be quicker on the draw next time...

[Sprocket]

Seems like its gonna be a punch, a copy, an edit or a bounce? All of which I dont really know how to use as of yet.

I've gotten pretty good using LP Ripper to do this.

Awhile back I put up a tutorial that seems to have interested no one:

Instead of using Audacity to trim off the head and tail of my songs, I prefer to use LP Ripper.

It's a shareware (free to try) program for Windows that's intended for normal people (non-musicians) to convert their LPs and cassettes to digital files.  Its sole purpose in life is to cut up a big WAV file into one or more smaller WAVs or MP3s.

Not a single reply.  Talk about Maximum Shit Ratio.

But once you get the hang of LP Ripper, it's really fast to use.  If you are going to record many band rehearsals, and then cut it into individual songs, LP Ripper is a lot easier than doing it on the Micro BR or Audacity.

Im still trying to get a handle on all that the MBR can do first...then I will see its limitations and try alternate means at that point...but thanks for letting me know there are other options out there when that time arrives.

[Ted]

If you use iTunes, here's a trick that I just found out about.

You can convert a selection of any (non DRM'd) song into an MP3:
http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/split-songs-with-itunes-a-quick-tip/

It's still not as easy as the software I use, but if you already use iTunes, this may have a quicker learning curve.

[guitarron]

would do it in a DAW of some sort

[Sprocket]

would do it in a DAW of some sort

This method worked splendidly:

...I copied the track, selected the start time and then the end time, copied each song onto its own V track with the starting time of zero...and then mastered them individually to MP3.
Much easier than antisipated.

Worked so good, I was able to master bout 8 songs in less than a day...but they were 15 minute live tracks So it took longer than anticipated, but the results were worth it!