BBC Symphonies - Free Download, limited time

[Chinasaur]

Got from /.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/beethoven/downloads.shtml

Get em while they are hot.

Missed the first ones. I have better quality versions of my own CD's but something about downloading on someone elses' dime ;)

[rsbriggs]

I spent the best part of 6 hours trying to D/L those - they kept aborting about 1/2 way through the transfer.

Finally went and got a decent download manager: DAP
http://www.speedbit.com/DefaultT.asp

Didn't have any problems dowloading after that :)

[Chinasaur]

Yeah, got some chick narrating at the beginning but hey..free Classical. Can't say no to some "long hair" music :)

:cheers:

[IronBits]

Anyone strip the blasted commentaries out of em? :(

[Scoofy12]

and, did anyone get the first 5?

[Chinasaur]

I suppose could use AudioHijaak via OS X to kill the first minutes..I'll try but I've never done it..but with OS X..it's easy right? ;)

[Chinasaur]

Sooo..

Theoretically...one "could" use Audacity under OS X (or any other audio editor) and import the .mp3 file. And, theoretically, once imported, enalrge the time scale (on #6) to enable one to locate 2:14 where the narration stops. Locating narration end on the others is simply childs play..one, theoretically, need only look at the waveform output to see where the voiceover ends..technically.

Then, theoretically, one could use Audacity, or any other audio editor, and drag from 0:00 to 2:14 and delete that section of sound.

Then, theoretically, one could export that edited file to a .wav or .ogg format.

Then, theoretically, one could play that edited file and not hear the narration.

Theoretically.

YMMV.

[Scoofy12]

yeah... if not, there's Audacity, which is cross-platform (windows and linux at least, dunno about OSX)

[Chinasaur]

Scoofy,

You and me could have been hatched from the same egg..at least our post times equate to something like that..

Theoretically ;)

:cheers:

[Shish]

I missed the first ones and could only find the Real player stuff which I won`t have on my system.

If you want more freebies from the Beeb look here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/huw/unsigned.shtml)