Let's suppose we have 3 songs in mp3 format:
File 1: "Scooter - I Shot The DJ.mp3" 3:39
File 2: "Scooter - Burn The House.mp3" 4:35
File 3: "Scooter - Habibi Halula.mp3" 1:05
Ok, now we decided to merge them into one big file. This task can be performed by using simple audio joiners. But! What if I want to merge only some pieces of these files? And Quickly! Without complex and expensive wave editors?
In this example we want to merge:
- 60 seconds of File 1.
- Full length of File 2.
- 10 seconds of File 3.
- And... 20 seconds in the middle of File 3.
Step 1
Launch Vidmex.
Click menu File -> Add File(s)...
Select several mp3(or any other media) files by holding ctrl key. Click Open. Selected files will be added into playlist.
Step 2
Click twice on the first file in playlist or push Play button on main window. The audio file will start playing in Vidmex.
Try to change position of slider bar by holding left mouse button while dragging mouse cursor:
Also, combinations of keys: Alt+Right Arrow and Alt+Left Arrow can be used to change position of currently playing file.
Step 3
Click BEGIN button on the main window of player.
Step 4
Next, wait a minute, or change position of slider bar again (by using mouse cursor). When the position will reach the value of 00:01:30, click END button.
Step 5
Vidmex Wizard window will pop up automatically. You will see the first file on the list.
Step 6
Close Vidmex Wizard. Double-click on the second file in playlist. In our example this is: Scooter - Burn The House.mp3. Drag the slider bar to the end (00:04:34) and press END button.
The second file will appear in Vidmex Wizard list.
Step 7
Close Vidmex Wizard again. By analogy, click twice on the third file in playlist. Set position to 10 seconds and click END button. So, 3 files are prepared for extraction and joining. But, we must also add the last fragment! This is 20 seconds from the same 3rd file. Select this fragment by using BEGIN/END buttons (for example: 00:35 and 00:55).
Step 8
Finally, press Join audio fragments button. Corresponding window will pop up. Enter filename, change path and choose MP3 (MPEG Layer-3) as Output Format.
Audio parameters will be detected automatically from the source files (the highest quality will be used by default). Usually, MPEG Layer-3 is the name of MP3 codec.
If you have discovered "22Khz limitation", please, download and install unlimited version of MP3 Audio Encoder: .
Press Extract button. Wait several minutes.
Step 1
Launch Vidmex. Click menu File -> Add File(s)...
Select several mp3(or any other media) files by holding ctrl key. Click Open. Selected files will be added into playlist.
Step 2
Click on the first file in playlist.
Click menu: Edit -> Set playback range or press R key. The window will pop up. It allows to select positions of Start and End.
Fill in the Start field: 00:00:30.0 and the End field: 00:01:30.0. Click Apply.
Step 3
Now, you can see that corresponding values of the first file in playlist have been updated. The second file Scooter - Burn The House.mp3 must remain unchanged (full length).
Step 4
Click on the third file. Next, click menu: Edit -> Set playback range or press R key.
Fill in the Start field: 00:00:00.0 and the End field: 00:00:10.0. Click Apply.
Step 5
Finally, we must select 20 seconds of File #3 (Scooter - Habibi Halula.mp3). In order to add the third file again, you can use "copy & paste" functionality of playlist. So, click on the third file and press Ctrl+C or menu: Edit -> Copy. Then, press Ctrl+V or menu: Edit -> Paste. The fourth file with the same name and values will appear at the end of playlist.
Now, click on the fourth file.
Click menu: Edit -> Set playback range or press R key. Fill in the Start field: for example, 00:00:35.0 and the End field: 00:00:55.0. Click Apply.
Step 6
Select all files in playlist: press Ctrl+A or click menu: Edit -> Select All. After that, press Shift+A key or click menu Operation -> Merge Audio. Corresponding Vidmex Wizard window will pop up
Step 7
Enter filename, change path and choose MP3 (MPEG Layer-3) as Output Format.
Audio parameters will be detected automatically from the source files (the highest quality will be used by default). Usually, MPEG Layer-3 is the name of MP3 codec.
If you have discovered "22Khz limitation", please, download unlimited version of MP3 Audio Encoder: .
Press Extract button. Wait several minutes.
In addition to the standard way of marking audio fragment (R hot key) you can use convenient hidden feature of Vidmex playlist. Playback ranges of audio files in playlist can be specified very quickly by using only mouse buttons.
In this example, let's consider possibility of setting playback range of the first file: Scooter - I Shot The DJ.mp3. We need to mark 60 seconds of this file. Start position must be set to 00:00:30.
First of all, double-click the first file or push Play button on main window. So, audio from the first file will start playing in Vidmex.
Next, try to change position of slider bar by holding left mouse button and dragging mouse cursor:
Move it approximately to 00:00:27 - 00:00:30. Then right-click exactly on the empty first area - on the right side of the currently playing file in playlist:
Next, wait a minute, or change position of slider bar again (by using mouse cursor). So, when the position of playing will reach the value of 00:01:30, right-click on the second area.
The result: playback range of the first file is set to 00:00:30 - 00:01:30.
In this way (just by clicking mouse buttons) it is possible to mark all necessary fragments in playlist and to merge them (menu: Operation -> Merge Audio).