Cueing for loops Created 17 years ago2007-06-02 11:13:19 UTC by Mushulous

Hey everybody.
I've been lurking in this site for quite while now but now I need to ask - is there anywhere I can get a freeware program to make ambience that loops?
I know about Cool Edit 2000 and GoldWave but stuff has happened over time (CE2000 is some Adobe thing) and I'm finding it difficult to find a simple program that I dont need to pay for and isn't a trial or something.
Any help at all is appreciated, sorry for sounding noobish.
Glad to be a part of TWHL.

Goldwave is just what you need. I use it all the time and I didn't pay for it...I believe I downloaded the trial which doesn't run out...it just has a timed window when you launch it...Like WinZip.

If you don't know how to do it then read:

Basically open your song or sound in Goldwave and click Tool, Cue Points.

Click new and call it start and the position to choose is 'at start'. Do the same but call it End and obviously click 'at end'.

Save as MP3 or Wav...I think WAV is better since I have found MP3 to be a bit buggy in HL2 however as I wrote this I realised this is HL so yeah save as .wav.

Now this part I don't know so look it up but you need to save it as a certain frequency that HL accepts...

Anyway hope that helps mostly.

Actually, only one cue point is required for wavs to loop in HL. And it should be placed at the start of the file.

Yes it does help, thanks a lot.
I suppose it's a bit like WinRar. Says it's limited, but I've never had to register and it lets me use it. Always comes with a pop-up though.

Edit:
Wow, this forum is fast. I'm glad Half-Life isn't forgotten somewhere on the internet. Sad seeing all these dead yet useful sites.

Oh wait Habboi do you use v5.20 because I've gone and downloaded that, I'm not sure if it has to be the trial? Or is it the same thing?

I have a gold wave cd key ?

I dunno, why are you asking us?