Extra silence at the end of song

Question

Extra silence at the end of song

Hey, so I'm in a songwriting competition and the challenge is to write a song that is exactly 1 minute long. My song clocks in at 59.98 seconds on GarageBand, but when I export the file to iTunes it adds and extra 4 seconds of nothing but silence to the end of the song. Is there a simple way to change this in GarageBand, or is there another method that could trim those 4 seconds off my song's time?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), GarageBand '08

Posted on Jun 17, 2009 11:29 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

poflynn

Level 4

1,303 points

Jun 17, 2009 11:33 AM in response to rocketship_parsnip

Check the End of Song marker (the little purple triangle at the top of the timeline). You want to move it to the end of your song. Zoom in and/or use Alignment Guides to get it exact.
Alternately you can use the Cycle Region to export the exact length. Press C on the keyboard and the yellow band appears at the top.

Reply

Answer 2

Jun 17, 2009 11:35 AM in response to poflynn

Thanks so much for the speedy and helpful response!

Reply

Answer 3

poflynn

Level 4

1,303 points

Jun 17, 2009 4:51 PM in response to rocketship_parsnip

You're welcome.

Reply