Dividing or creating tracks for one long Live Performance Wav file

Question

Hello
I recorded a two hour show the other night, I would like to cut it up into sections or songs
for a CD, What would be the best approach in LOGIC.
Thanks so much
Troy

Answer 1

Hey, Troy:
I would not use Logic as it is akin to building a bonfire to light a cigarette. I would use Amadeus Pro, Audacity, or something like that. I think Audacity might be freeware, Amadeus is shareware. Loading 1 hour of raw audio into Logic (on my system), takes about 2.5 minutes. Loading it into Amadeus takes 15 seconds. Manipulating it (for this kind of relatively simple task), has Logic lumbering around, where Amadeus is quick and agile. I use Amadeus to "burst" the recording of old audio cassettes into individual mp3's. I assume your need is about the same.
For using Logic, if you must, begin by reading through the related chapters in the manual for audio: Import/export, "bounce" (how you will eventually get each "section or song" out of Logic on an individual basis), and on manipulating audio data. You'll need the latter to trim each portion you identify as a section/song.
First you'll drag the audio file you originally recorded to Logic in the dock. Once opened in Logic drag the item from the Audio Bin window into the arrange window. Then you'll select the beginnings and endings of the sections/songs you want to house it separately as its own track.
I might do it this way: Use "New Tracks" to create 12-15 open audio drag o tracks. Use the marquee tool to cut a section from the full track, go to an open track and paste the cut section in. Repeat until finished. But there may be boatloads of ways to do this. Some might do much of this in Audio Bin screen. (I'd like to hear other views, btw.)
Eventually you'll "bounce" the individual tracks to individual aiff files on your hard drive for eventual inclusion on a CD. Make sure you've identified the one track you want to output, muting all others, and that you have indicated and "end of song" marker in the bar rule. When you perform the bounce to hard-drive, Indicate PCM and AIFF.
For burning to a CD, I assume there are a few "native" ways to do this using, say, iTunes or some other program that comes with any Mac. Me, I use Toast to burn audio CD's.
Is this the kind of information you were looking for?
-- Gerry