A while back someone asked this. Derek Neighbors
recommended:

http://protux.sourceforge.net/

I found glame to be rather interesting, though
the interface is a little odd:

http://glame.sourceforge.net/index.var


On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Lynn David Newton wrote:

>
> Experts,
>
> I'm in serious and immediate need of a WAV file editor.
> Freshmeat presents me with no less than 17 choices.
>
> The project I'm working on is pulling tracks off of CDs
> and making MP3 samples of chunks for use on the Web
> site of the musician whose music it is.
>
> I'm finding I can extract tracks with great precision
> using cdparanoia, except it's difficult to estimate
> exactly where to cut. All I have to go on is the timer
> on my computer CD player. There's gotta be a better
> way!
>
> Would someone with actual hands-on experience with such
> a beast please send recommendations?
>
> Also ... is bladeenc considered the best WAV => MP3
> program? How about lame?
>
> Third ... how can one do the job so that samples fade
> in and out rather than just ending abruptly?
>
> This is my first time trying to solve this particular
> problem, so I'm on a bit of a learning curve here.
>
> Help much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> --
> Lynn David Newton
> Phoenix, AZ
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