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Q: I need to edit out parts of a song to cut it down to two minutes for my daughter's talent show. I went to info and it will cut down one part but only one part. I need to put three parts together. I tried adding duplicates of the song to the list but if I

I need to edit out parts of a song to cut it down to two minutes for my daughter's talent show. I went to info/start time and it will cut down one part but only one part. I need to put three parts together. I tried adding duplicates of the song to the list but if If I change the start time on one it will change it on all of them.

iPod nano, Windows XP

Posted on Jan 10, 2014 9:18 PM

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  • by diesel vdub,

    diesel vdub diesel vdub Jan 11, 2014 5:35 AM in response to equijen
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    Jan 11, 2014 5:35 AM in response to equijen

    This is not a feature of iTunes.

  • by ed2345,Solvedanswer

    ed2345 ed2345 Jan 11, 2014 6:23 AM in response to equijen
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    Jan 11, 2014 6:23 AM in response to equijen

    I need to put three parts together. I tried adding duplicates of the song to the list but if If I change the start time on one it will change it on all of them.

    You skipped some steps.

     

    Create a new file with just the first section you want, by using this user tip.

     

    Then repeat for the second and third clips.

     

    Put the three new files into the playlist.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jan 11, 2014 6:39 AM in response to equijen
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    Jan 11, 2014 6:39 AM in response to equijen

    Sounds like you should really be working with a copy of the song and Audacity. You can then get exactly what you want, with clean cuts/joins, add in & out fades if necessary, etc.

     

    tt2

  • by equijen,

    equijen equijen Jan 11, 2014 1:00 PM in response to ed2345
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    Jan 11, 2014 1:00 PM in response to ed2345

    Thanks, I am going to try that right now!

  • by ed2345,Helpful

    ed2345 ed2345 Jan 11, 2014 2:04 PM in response to equijen
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    Jan 11, 2014 2:04 PM in response to equijen

    Jen, 

     

    Good, it should be good enough to start practice.   Be aware, however, that iTunes only knows one way to clip a song, and that is "abruptly." 

     

    To get a performance-worthy version, you will probably have to make use of an audio editor, as mentioned by tt2, so that you can get a version where the transitions between the sections aren't so noticeable.

  • by equijen,

    equijen equijen Jan 11, 2014 6:10 PM in response to ed2345
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    Jan 11, 2014 6:10 PM in response to ed2345

    It worked! Thanks. It is just a rinky-**** elementary school talent show, the transitions are fine.

  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Jan 11, 2014 9:18 PM in response to equijen
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    Jan 11, 2014 9:18 PM in response to equijen

    equijen wrote:

     

    It worked! Thanks. It is just a rinky-**** elementary school talent show, the transitions are fine.

    Good!  Enjoy the show!

  • by 529beacon,Helpful

    529beacon 529beacon Mar 6, 2014 7:28 AM in response to equijen
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    Mar 6, 2014 7:28 AM in response to equijen

    Good morning - I am trying to understand this and also need to cut out one chunk of a song for a 1st grade report.  Please help me figure out how to stop at song at 1:45 in and turn it back on at 3:00.  Thank so much!

  • by equijen,

    equijen equijen Mar 6, 2014 11:27 AM in response to 529beacon
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    Mar 6, 2014 11:27 AM in response to 529beacon

    In your library, right-click the song you want to edit.

    select "get info".

    go to "options" and select the start and stop times for your first section of the song.

    click "OK".

    Find the shortened version of the song in your library. It may take a minute for it to show up. right click it again and select "create (????) version". (the ???? is different for different formats).

    The library will spit out a new, second version of the song which you can rename. I suggest you use the original title and add a 1 to the end.

    Now you can go back to the other version and repeat the process with a different  start/stop time.

     

    Once you are done editing, you can burn all of your versions to a disk, just make sure your interval time is zero so there are no gaps between edits.

     

    To keep the orginal song on your library, just go back to the original and put the start/stop times back to the original settings.

  • by 529beacon,

    529beacon 529beacon Mar 9, 2014 4:29 PM in response to equijen
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    Mar 9, 2014 4:29 PM in response to equijen

    Got it!  Thank you all so much, I greatly appreciate all the detailed help