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How to fade out music smoothly
Peace to all
Can anyone please help me find a way to make a piece of music which must be cut short, to fade out smoothly on one note, eliminating the accompaniment that pipes in during that portion?
I’m on Premiere. I don’t see Adobe Remix as a solution (unless I’m mistaken) because I’d rather not change the music; I only want to change one note (the last note of the portion I’ve trimmed). I tried Jamorphosia but it only removes one instrument and it left some traces also.
I really hope someone has a solution for this. I love movie music so much but I can’t afford to hire a composer. Thanks!
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7 Replies
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Hi Robert,
It’s an art. It’s a craft. It’s a dessert topping.
I’ve been editing existing tracks for decades and there are times when you can’t do what you want to do. First and most importantly, do you own the music or have rights to its use? If you don’t, your biggest problem may be a copyright violation suit.But on to the surgery. If you want a cold out, try going to the end of the piece, if it has a cold out. Then find a place where that out or and ending including the out makes musical sense. That could be anywhere from a second to any number of seconds before the end. Make that edit and problem solved. If you’re close in time, but are too long, try time compressing the piece to fit. Usually stretching a piece of music to fill a space doesn’t sound as good.
Cheers
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Thank you, Ty. That sound like it might be a good option but I don’t understand the jargon. Could you please explain it more simply? Thanks
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Help me out, Bob. What are you stuck on?
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Sorry: “cold out” and “If you’re close in time, but are too long” Thanks!
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A cold out is simply that the song ends instead of fading out.
If you’re close in time but the music is too short, stretching it with software is problematic because you’re asking the software to fill in extra space. Making a longer piece shorter by time compressing it is less problematic because you’re taking away minute sections. -
Thank you very much, Ty.
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Your very welcome! Used to create insrtumental beds for radio and TV spots when I worked in radio. I liked starting with a full track from a library of production music; maybe 2-3 minutes for a 30 second spot. I’d listen to the end of the music track in hopes of finding a natural out. Then I’d see how long it was. Say 8 seconds. Then I listen to the beginning of the music track. The very beginning might or might not have the right energy. If it didn’t, maybe 5 seconds in would be the spot. Then see what happens for the next 22 seconds and add the last 8 seconds. The whole music track was just raw material from which I cut my 30 second bed. There are many ways to skin that cat!
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