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Title: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Brad Johnson on April 15, 2009, 02:41:18 PM: I need a 35 second .wav file of silence. It's to fill a spot at the front of a DVD slideshow. I have music for it but the software I use doesn't let me start the sound at a predetermined spot. It just starts playing whatever is on the audio list as soon as the slideshow begins and I want a noiseless intro.

I don't have a wav file editor here at the office or I'd do it me own self. I could also run home and do it but that would take a bit. Since you bunch of genii could probably do it in a split second, I'll bug you instead. =D

Thanks in advance!
Brad
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Brad Johnson on April 15, 2009, 02:47:48 PM: Never mind. Figure out I could do it with Media Recorder.

Brad
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on April 15, 2009, 02:48:56 PM: Emailed one to you. If you want a higher fidelity recording of silence, let me know. :laugh:
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Brad Johnson on April 15, 2009, 03:10:03 PM: Silence is golden ... in Dolby 5.1 Surround.

=D

Brad
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Balog on April 15, 2009, 03:10:57 PM: It's silent, but is it deadly? :O :lol:
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: zahc on April 15, 2009, 03:50:09 PM: Expect a call from the RIAA. I hear John Cage is big about going after people that copy his music without permission.
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Matthew Carberry on April 15, 2009, 06:57:31 PM: Quote from: zahc on April 15, 2009, 03:50:09 PM
Expect a call from the RIAA. I hear John Cage is big about going after people that copy his music without permission.

You can download 4'33" from iTunes now.
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 15, 2009, 07:11:45 PM: simple as pie in Audacity

create silence :35
save as
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: Brad Johnson on April 15, 2009, 07:18:29 PM: About that simple in Windows Media Recorder. Hit the Record button, wait 35 seconds, stop, and save.

Brad
Title: Re: Need a favor - silent .wav file
Post by: zahc on April 15, 2009, 07:55:08 PM: If you run linux you could use arecord

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arecord -d 10 </dev/zero >silence.wav
There is probably an even leeter way to make it using only shell builtins.