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Music editing

topic posted Mon, September 7, 2009 - 9:13 AM by  Tisha Leigh 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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It seems I remember someone once saying something about a free music editing software you can download that enables you to alter music, but I can't recall what/where it was. I have several songs I might want to dance to, but the length cannot be more than 3 minutes. Some of the songs are longer than that, so I wondered if it's possible to shorten them. Can anyone tell me how I can do this?? Thanks! :)
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  • Re: Music editing

    Mon, September 7, 2009 - 1:07 PM
    I've used Audacity to shorten songs, and also to pick out parts and loop them for practice. Give yourself some time to work it through, and you'll do fine.
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      Re: Music editing

      Mon, September 7, 2009 - 2:00 PM
      May I ask which version of Audacity you're using? I checked out the link and there is a 1.2.6 version that appears to be older and a beta 1.3.9. It appears as though the beta has some bugs fixed but it makes me a little nervous.
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      • Woodrow
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        Re: Music editing

        Mon, September 7, 2009 - 3:32 PM
        I know the question isn't directed to me, but I'm using 1.3.9. with no issues. No promises, esp. as I tend to use it on a different OS than Windows, but unless you're doing seriously complex editing, I think it's fine.
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        Re: Music editing

        Tue, September 22, 2009 - 11:26 PM
        I'm also using 1.3.9 and like it. There have been less twitches than on older versions. I've used Audacity for a couple years and the older versions tended to crash a lot. The newest one only weirds out every once in a great while...although I've still retained my habit of saving often when involved in more complicated projects. Go Audacity! (I love free stuff!)
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    Re: Music editing

    Mon, September 7, 2009 - 2:24 PM
    if anyone has a mac garage band can put your set into one track, cut out skips, shorten a song, add silence, overlap songs so they fade into each other, all VERY easily. (once you figure out how to open a song in it, a monkey could do the rest ^_~)
    it comes with the computer, so if you have a mac, then you're all set (of course your speakers have probably exploded already, so you might not be able to hear what you're doing ^_~)
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      Re: Music editing

      Tue, September 15, 2009 - 12:47 AM
      I use Garage Band too, it came free with my mac, I find it really good - simple and easy to work and effective! (And if you have kids, they will love all the loops that can be used to make up your own songs! ;-))
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