Keep clicking until the end of your sound fades out to zero decibels, or a flat line with no waveform at all. No worries, simply make a comfortable selection and then left mouse click on the 'fade out / declick out' icon in the toolbar of the Edison audio editor. Our major task at hand on the end of this snare drum sample is to eliminate that nasty vertical click in the decline of the waveform. You can’t do the beginning without doing the end. I clicked the fade in button a couple of times for this snare drum sample. You can click this icon and it will increasingly fade in the sample more and more each time you click. With your selection made, you need to left click the 'fade in / declick in' function in the toolbar of the Edison audio editor.

Try not to eliminate the actual sound itself by selecting too far into the sample. Now that you are zoomed in to the beginning of your waveform, you need to select a very small region of the waveform before the harsh impact of the snare drum sounds off. Now, you need to right click, go to Edit > Delete, or simply press the delete key on your keyboard for a quicker deletion process.įade in the sample to eliminate clicks and pops (click to enlarge). Once you have your region of silence selected it will be highlighted red. Simply click and hold your left mouse button and highlight the unwanted silence of the waveform. If you look toward the decline of my snare drum waveform, you will see that I have a sharp vertical click, which is a result from the sample being taken from an actual vinyl record. In FL Studio, it’s easy to add your own swing to your projects, so this silence on my snare drum sample is highly unnecessary. With the file now open in the audio editor, you can see that I have unwanted silence at the beginning and end of my snare drum sample, which will ruin the timing of my beat unless all of my samples have the same swing. You can see that I have a snare drum sample that has silence at the beginning (for natural swing or groove) and end, and I do not want that in my beat because it will throw the timing off on my snare hits and create an unnecessary silence at the end of my snare drum.įind your sample in your file browser and open it in the file editor by right clicking the file and then clicking “edit in audio editor.” Step two Step oneįind your sample that needs to be edited. Right click your audio file and open it in the audio editor.

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