Copy and modify a song (start/stop) WITHOUT loosing original

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Copy and modify a song (start/stop) WITHOUT loosing original

I teach fitness classes so I need to modify start/stop times in some of my tracks/playlists BUT when I do this the same song which I have in other playlists changes too. I know how to splice a song using start/stop but how do I do this without loosing original song (downloaded from CD or website)?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), latest version of iTunes updated

Posted on Aug 6, 2016 7:31 AM

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Chris CA

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Aug 6, 2016 7:36 AM in response to Phutch6

Set the Start/Stop times in the song.
Select the song then iTunes menu File > Convert > Create AAC version.
This will create a new copy of the song containing only the bits between start/stop times.
Change the song name to identify it as a shortened version
Reset the Start/Stop times on the original song.

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