[NCLUG] Music editing software

[Anthony Foiani]

John Gilmore <j.arthur.gilmore at gmail.com> writes:

> I need to cut and paste it so the music lasts longer, repeating the
> chorus about 8 or 10 times. Without audible glitches and maintaining
> the same rhythm etc.

Audacity should be able to do this without any problems. (Well,
"without glitches" will be up to the operator, not automatic, but it
will provide the interface to grab the loop and repeat it as many
times as necessary.)

> I'm planing on using mplayers's "scale tempo" filter to change
> playback speed during the actual performance to adjust to the skill
> level of the dancers.
>
> "mplayer -af scaletempo Old\ Hag\ in\ the\ Kiln.mp3"

Mplayer has keys that make it go faster or slower, IIRC.  Square
brackets?  Curly braces?  One or the other...

t.