help with an audio sing along.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:14 am

i am looking to download a cd of songs from the 1940's era for an old peoples home round the corner from me, so the residents can have a sing along.
they currently have a man goes in and charges them £55 to do it. as we all know money is scarce at the moment and the home is struggling to find the cash, so i have volunteered to get them a disc.

now for the difficult part.(i think).

the home is for people with alzheimers,so there memories aren't what they used to be, therefore i dont want the whole song. just the first verse and a chorus, or maybe even just the chorus.

so the question is, how do i do it.?
is there a program i can d/l to do it, or is there something i already have i can use.?

LADS AND LASSES. when you give your answers, remember i'm not greatly technical, so use idiots terms for me please. thanks.

sorry if this is a bit long winded, i just thought more people would help if they knew it was for a good cause.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:40 am

So you just need the first verse and the chorus from each song ? Dez is probably the person to ask but, a quick google search of audio editors produced this: http://free-audio-editor.com/

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:42 am

robmead wrote:

So you just need the first verse and the chorus from each song ?

yes. i'll find the songs myself, but need to know how to put only a certain amount of the song to disc.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:45 am

Or this: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Forgot I had it, Xilisoft Audio Converter Pro will do what you're after, you can manually select start and stop points from a CD or downloaded music file, it will burn them to disc aswell. There's probably more software that does exactly the same thing, maybe ask tazz ?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:57 am

Hi lee, I use piston direct mp3 splitter which you can find HERE Wink

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:04 am

cheers rob and dezzie. i'm going to try Xilisoft Audio Converter Pro and piston direct mp3 splitter and see which ones the easiest to use.
i just hope i haven't bit off more than i can chew.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:08 am

How much time have you got to get it sorted ?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:13 am

robmead wrote:

How much time have you got to get it sorted ?

theres no real timespan, i just want to help them out. i'm hoping to get it done within the week though.!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop laughing.....

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:18 am

Well if you get stuck I'm happy to help out, have never tried the audio editor on my Audio Converter so would be good to see if it works .......

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:41 am

cheers rob, i'll hold you to that.
i have a list of songs i have found on a kareoke cd. trying to find them tod/l now.
turning out more difficult than i thought. lol most torrents are for us war songs.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:47 am

Ask Dez, he remembers the 40's Wink

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:24 pm

struggling to find the songs i want, so i think its a trip down to the library tomorrow and try to get them from there.

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:46 pm

Add the list here, others may have more luck finding them ...

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:49 pm

Rob you cheeky git! Laughing

lee I used this for a war vets day and went down pretty well. Wink

If you have any probs getting it, pm me and I'll up my copy. Wink

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:21 pm

cheers dez. i'm downloading that now. it has some of the songs i'm looking for, plenty seeders as well.
rob. other songs i'm looking for.

any old iron
as time goes by
bring me sunshine
bye bye blackbird
daddy wouldn't buy me a bow wow
diamonds are a girls best friend
dont dilly dally
get me to the church on time
i do like to be beside the seaside
its a long way to tipperary
knees up mother brown
maybe its because i'm a londenner
pack up your troubles
roll out the barrel
show me the way to go home
the sun has got his hat on
the white cliffs of dover
tip toe through the tulips
we'll meet again
when the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin along.

thats a full list of what i'm looking for. some of them are in the torrent given by desmond.
cheers once again for all the help.