Before you start you need:

1. Audio editing software (we recommend Audacity that can be downloaded from http://www.muslimshowbiz.com/memorize/Downloads/Tools/Audacity-1.2.3.exe/)
2. The quran as reference
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1. Adjust mp3 preferences: File Preferences File Formats
2. At the bottom: Mp3 export setup MP3 library version LAME v. 3.93 Bit Rate 128
3. Open the big file you want to split (ctrl+o) or (File open)
4. Select the part of the file around 1 min bearing in mind that a single aya should not be split.
5. Copy the selection (ctrl+c) or (edit copy)
6. Create new file (ctrl+n) or (File new)
7. Paste selection (ctrl+v) or (edit paste)
8. Make sure to trim (delete) the start and end of file at a silent position
9. Export the file as mp3 : File export as mp3 enter the file name save
   

Useful hints:

1. (ctrl+1) or (view Zoom in)
2. (ctrl+2) or (view Zoom normal
3. (ctrl+3) or (view Zoom out)
4. Spacebar starts playing the file at the position you are, when pressed again, it stops playing the file.
5. After selecting a part of the file, spacebar plays & stops playing the selection.
6. After selecting a part of the file, you can zoom in & out that selection.

Good practices:

1. A silence is where the audio file (waveform) is narrow but make sure it’s not a silence within the aya and that this silence is separating two ayat
2. Edit after pasting the selection in the new file
3. File name: 002 al-Baqarah 024-025.mp3

002 al-Baqarah from original file name

024-025 aaa aya to bbb aya

.mp3 file format

Example:

1. Suppose I just finished aya 30 of surat al-Baqarah…
2. Open the main file 002 al-Baqarah 026-043.mp3
3. Check in the quran (hard copy or pdf) the start of aya 31
4. Check the file to see where it starts
5. It starts around the min 2:15 of the file
6. To be safe, I took a copy from 2:10 4:00
7. (ctrl+c) or (edit copy) to copy selection
8. (ctrl+n) or (File new) to open an empty file
9. (ctrl+v) or (edit paste) to paste selection
10. Select the first seconds of the file to delete the imported part of aya 30
11. (ctrl+1) or (view Zoom in) repeatedly till you get a clear view
12. Select the part you want to delete & press delete or Backspace
13. Now the tricky part is where to end, that’s when you must play the file & open the quran to check, you’ll find:
1. Aya 31 ends after ~ 26 sec (too short)
2. Aya 32 ends after ~ 41 sec (o.k.)
3. Aya 33 ends after ~ 1:16 min (o.k. & this is what I did)

(It’s a good practice to globally look at the main file so that you don’t find the last file is only 20 sec while the rest is greater than 1:30, that sense will come after a while)

1. Select the last seconds of the file to delete the imported part after aya 33
2. (ctrl+1) or (view Zoom in) repeatedly till you get a clear view
3. Select the part you want to delete & press delete or Backspace
4. Export the file as mp3 : File export as mp3 enter the file name save