Once you have selected a music editor, the next step is to build your library. If you have 100s of old CDs and cassettes that you have purchased over the years, you can upload your old music library to your computer. For those who do not have an extensive music library, visit iTunes or Amazon Music for easy access to a vast amount of music that you can listen to before purchasing.

IMPORTANT MUSIC CUTTING TIPS

• Cut at the zero point: Te zero point is the point in the waveform where the positive and negative side of a wave meet. Tis is where the volume of the wave is zero. By cutting there, you can avoid clicks and pops in your audio. If you cannot cut at the zero point, cut music where the waveforms are in the same dynamic range to match volume levels.

• Do not change the time signature in the middle of an edit: Time signatures define the amount and type of notes that each measure contains. When you change the time signature abruptly, it sounds like your music is missing a beat.

• Music expanding/contracting: Make sure if you are expanding or contracting a piece of music (making it longer or shorter) that you do not do it to extreme levels. Expanding a piece of music too much can create digital voids or gaps in the music. Contracting it too much can

create an overlap of sounds. Also, make sure that you choose editing software that is capable of changing the length of a piece of music without changing the pitch.

• Raise the volume of your music sections: (for skating programs where older sound systems are used.) Raise the volume of the sections that are low and soft to keep the dynamic range consistent throughout the piece of music. Music will still have its nuances but this eliminates the need for volume adjustment on your edited piece of music while it is playing in the rink.

• Edit before mixing: When mixing different pieces of music together, edit all sections first before mixing together.

• Use tools/pre-sets: Spend some time with your editing software practicing with the tools and pre-sets that are provided to help make cutting music sound more professional without needing to know how to do it manually.

• Remove pops/clicks from recording: Expand out the viewing area and put your start and finish marker on either side of the click then delete.

• Join sections together to sound seamless: – Create zero-crossings. As previously mentioned, cutting

regions at zero crossing will start the new file from silence instead of at a point within the sound.

– Use cross-fading. When overlapping regions or placing

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