RICHARD HUTCHINS 33 Posted August 30, 2021 Hi all, I have a short song I've recorded, I need to lose a few bars of music at the end, to shorten it still further. How do I do this? I looked it up but got confused.( for a change). Oddly enough I deleted the tracks with music on them but somehow they persisted when I exported to MP3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reginaldStjohn 206 Posted August 30, 2021 To shorten a song you have several options. Export it with the longer length and then import in back into cakewalk, or another audio tool, and trip off the end of the audio and add a clip fade or track automation to fade it out. If you want your project to be shorter then select all (cntr-a) and select the time range in the ruler you want to delete and then hit delete. You could also select all your tracks and clips and bounce them to clips so that each track is a single clip. Then select all the clips and drag the end of the clips back to where you want the song to end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RICHARD HUTCHINS 33 Posted August 30, 2021 Great will look at this thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,288 Posted August 30, 2021 With the new export dialog (the early release version is currently available) it is easy to create a task to export a project using a time-based selection. Once created, it may be run as often as necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RICHARD HUTCHINS 33 Posted August 31, 2021 I chose the simplest method, this seems ok so; If you want your project to be shorter then select all (cntr-a) and select the time range in the ruler you want to delete and then hit delete. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rickddd 8 Posted August 31, 2021 Why physically cut the end of the song off? Why not use automation (depending on how you end your song, e.g, fade), and just export to the shorter length using adjusted markers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RICHARD HUTCHINS 33 Posted August 31, 2021 I have problems with automation, especially on midi tracks. Simple is best for me, I operate on a very simple level! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites