Make a medley of songs
with changes that feel natural.

Trim each section first

Open each song in the audio cutter. Select Choose a file, type the Start (seconds) and End (seconds), check it with Play, then save with Download WAV. Keep whole phrases. Each download is named after its song with -cut on the end, so rename them in performance order, like 01-opening-verse.wav.

Start each section on a strong beat or its pickup note. If an ending is going to overlap the next song, leave a little of the last chord ringing. Keep Fade each edge (seconds) at 0 when you plan to let the joiner handle the change.

Line up the sections and join them

1. Select Choose files. In the audio joiner, pick all your sections at once. You can join up to 20 files and 20 minutes of audio in total.
2. Check the order. Use the Up and Down buttons next to each file until the opening, middle and closing sections are where you want them.
3. Start with Crossfade at each join (seconds) at 0. Press Play and listen to the song changes as straight cuts.
4. Try a short crossfade. Something like 0.25 blends the end of one section into the start of the next. Keep it only if the change sounds better.
5. Select Download WAV. Save the finished medley and rehearse from that file, changes and all.

Pick the right kind of change

The crossfade is the same at every join, so choose section boundaries that all work with one setting. A short overlap suits one ringing chord flowing into another. A clean stop followed by a fresh downbeat usually sounds best at 0.

If a change feels crowded, fix it in the cutter, not the joiner. End the outgoing section on a complete phrase, or give the next song a cleaner start. The joiner plays your sections in order; the musical handover comes from where you cut them.

Rehearse it from start to finish

Check the running time once you’ve settled on a crossfade, because every overlap makes the medley a little shorter. The joiner shows the joined length under the settings after you press Play. Practise the entrances at the actual changes, not just each song on its own, and run the finished file once from top to bottom with your singers or band.

Building a medley from minus one tracks? Make the instrumental versions first, then trim and join those. Keep a named master WAV and a note of the section order, so you can swap out one song later without starting from scratch.

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