>> I'm not familiar with the concept of a "zero crossing". Did >> you want to explain further? > I'm jumping right in on this thread - I haven't read what's > gone before in any detail, but here I go... > Have you ever zoomed in on the image of your audio wave file? > You see a graphical representation of the sound wave. > Zoom right in. You see each point where the wave crosses over > the zero line in the middle? That's a "zero crossing". > Basically, if you want to cut a piece of audio (without any > sort of click where it has been cut), it helps to cut the > wave file exactly where the audio line crosses the horizontal > zero line. > This is because the wave will usually have a nice smooth > transition to the silence following it. > The alternative is to apply a fast fade-out to the audio, > instead of just cutting it. > If this wasn't clear enough, then I apologise. I'm rushing, > because I have a very busy few days ahead... Please ask. > Regards > Michael Thanks Michael. It makes sense. I've used graphical wav editors but I wasn't aware of this until you explained it. Rocco
