Anyone know how to loop a short audio clip?
I'd like to loop a song so its perfectly looped and replays seamlessly when on repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZ4GZyskVo
Can someone nudge me in the correct direction how I can get that or where to start?
Edit: Anytune app was most useful for this ;)
It's been more than a decade since I did this, but I can give you the basics. The key is to start and end the clip at a point where the sound pattern temporarily hits zero (the horizontal axis). I used Audacity to do the editing. It had a feature that would find those crossings automatically, which made the process somewhat easier.
Seriously? Shit, I better dw that and give it a shot thanks for the theory bit there, thats kinda what i was looking for
Teach a man to fish and whatnot 😁
Make sure you don't encode as MP3, as it doesn't support seamless playback in a standard way. There's a forced gap due to the compression. Use for example wav or ogg.
I've seen Mixcraft used to make loops before on different streama, but have no personal experience with it. It seems pretty easy to cut and splice audio sources though. Similar to doing it in Vegas for video. It has a fully functional 2 week trial though if you want to give it a try. I've just always used Audacity for audio editing.
Thanks, will check out both but probably Audacity since I may have used it before + its free. I intend to do this super rarely
It depends a bit on your operating system. But I suggest audacity as a cross-platform, easy to use, but powerful audio editor. As long as your song has a common section to loop from you should find this very easy to do.
https://gamedevbeginner.com/create-looping-sound-effects-for-games-for-free-with-audacity/
You might be able to use endless jukebox if it's still around, and record the output