Getting music duration to fit slide show

[echelonphoto]

I have five songs, some of which are longer duration than I need for my show. How do I get the songs to change when I want (before the actual end of the track)?

[dagrace]

If you search for the right keywords (like "Audacity") in this forum you'll see some other discussions about this. You are not the first person to have questions on this, believe me!

[Ken Cox]

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Wed 01/11/2006 5:20 AM

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[alrobin]

I have five songs, some of which are longer duration than I need for my show. How do I get the songs to change when I want (before the actual end of the track)?

The music is played as you provide it to PTE. So, to get one selection to end sooner, you will have to truncate it in a sound editor such as Audacity or Audition, save it as an mp3 file, and re-add it to PTE. Or, better still, combine all your selections together in the sound editor as one long mp3.

[echelonphoto]

Thanks for the tip...I used audacity to make a mix of songs. However...for an idiot like me , it is not too

intuitive...I had to open each song separately, cut out parts and then paste them into the main window. Is there and easier way to do an edited mix?

[thedom]

I use Acoustica Audio Mixer which I think is VERY intuitive.

Unfortunately, it's not a freeware anymore.

There is a a "try version" avalaible on the editor's website : http://www.acoustica.com/mp3-audio-mixer/

And if you like it, it's only $24.95