if you could get a hold of a piece of software that allows you to edit mp3s that would be great. i've tried the demo version of cool edit 2000. it's really good, but the save feature is disabled after 30 days. maybe you have something like this in your archives. if so, you should post it for download.

Check out GoldWave: http://www.goldwave.com

It is shareware, but it does not expire or anything.
You can do quite a bit with it

I'll second that, Goldwave is an excellent program I use quite a bit.. highly recommended.