Situation 2: Silence or unwanted sound after the song ends.
- This works along the same lines as situation one, except we deal with the end of the song.
- Load up your song if you haven’t already (Or continue with the song from situation one)
- Click near the end of the song and listen.
- Take note of where the cursor is at the exact point the music ends.
- Press Stop and begin zooming in.
- Repeat listening and zooming until you’ve found the appropriate end point.
- Click on that point to position the cursor.
Note: This may be more difficult than the beginning of the song if the ending is a gradual fade. In this case, its better to include some extra silence after it to make it sound more natural.
- Hold down Shift and select some of the area to the right of the end point.
- Zoom out
- Hold down shift and select more of the area to the right.
- Continue this process until you’ve reached the end of the file.
- Press delete
- Save your song
Now you have a nicely edited track. Continue this for the rest of the songs you recorded into the computer. When you are finished, you can then burn these recordings onto a CD.
Let’s take both of these techniques a step further with the next situation: Page 3