Song arrangement · Updated 2 October 2026
Remove the middle of a song
and keep the start and the end.
Remove the middle of a song, like a second verse, a long solo or a repeated chorus, and join what’s left into one WAV.
You do this in two quick steps. Save everything before the part you don’t want, then everything after it, and join the two files. It’s handy when a performance or an audition needs a shorter version that still opens and ends like the original.
Find where the cut starts and ends
Listen through the song and write down two times: where the unwanted section starts and where the next part you want comes in. Cut at natural musical points, like the end of a verse, the start of a chorus or a clean downbeat.
For example, to remove everything from 0:45 to 1:15, your two boundaries are 45 and 75 seconds. You’ll save 0 to 45, then 75 to the end of the song.
Save the start and the end
- Select Choose a file. Open the song in the audio cutter. Write down the number already in End (seconds). That’s the song’s full length, and you’ll need it again.
- Save the start. Leave Start (seconds) at 0, set End (seconds) to your first boundary and keep Fade each edge (seconds) at 0. Press Play to check it, then Download WAV.
- Rename it right away. Both downloads are named after the song with -cut on the end, so add “opening” to this one before the next one lands.
- Save the end. Set Start (seconds) to your second boundary and put End (seconds) back to the full length you wrote down. Listen, download again, and rename this one “closing.”
Join the two parts
Open the audio joiner, select Choose files and pick the opening and closing WAVs together. Use Up or Down so the opening comes first, and leave Crossfade at each join (seconds) at 0.
Press Play and listen across the join. If a ringing note cuts off too suddenly, try a tiny overlap like 0.1 seconds. Select Download WAV when it sounds right.
Count through the new join
Count through the change the way you would at rehearsal. Listen for a missing beat, a doubled pickup or a chord that arrives before the last phrase has finished. If the rhythm is off, go back and move your cut points. A crossfade only blends the edges; it can’t fix a cut in the wrong place.
Your two cuts are timed from the original song, so make any changes from your notes and the original file, not the joined version. Keep the finished shorter song apart from the two working files, and rehearse the new transition with that finished WAV.
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