after editing words out of a song, how to shorten the lapse

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after editing words out of a song, how to shorten the lapse

Post by jnaki » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:43 pm

hello,
i have just completed the first try at editing a song. i have removed the offending words, about 2 sec. worth. how do i shorten the final copy so there is no gap where i took out the words?

thanks

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Re: after editing words out of a song, how to shorten the la

Post by kozikowski » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:20 pm

How did you take out the words?
I do it by drag-selecting the word in the blue waves on the timeline and press DEL. That automatically closes up the hole and shortens the show.

Be sure and make a backup WAV file of your show before you start editing and never record an edited show over old work or original capture files.

Koz

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