“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. These are the beautiful and true words said by Berthold Auerbach. Music helps in relaxing your mind and body. It is also used for healing diseases in some parts of the world. While listening to nice music, you travel to a different world where you simply relax and get rid of stress, tensions and any other problems. However, the music, which you hear on CDs, cassettes and any other sources, is created by masters. If there is a song, the music is created first and then the song is recorded. During this process, the music is edited many times. Some part of this music, when played, is not good or the music director does not like it. In such situations, the bad part is edited using different tools and software from the original music and then you get a new edited one.
You can also edit some parts of your favorite music that are unwanted by using various software available in the market or the internet. These can be downloaded free of cost. You can even edit the title name of the music track you have saved. While downloading from internet or copying from CD, it usually happens that the file is saved by track numbers and not names. You may find two music files at a time with same track number, which will be a lot confusing. Instead, you can simply edit the names of these music files. Following are the most popular software used for editing music:

How to edit Music using Audacity
This is the most popular and common software used for editing music. You can easily download this software from internet free of cost. Audacity has many editing tools, which are easy to use. Following are the steps to be followed while editing a music file.
- Once the program is downloaded on the computer or laptop, go through all the tools and get familiar with the application.
- Import the music file in this application by clicking on “File” and then “Open”. Select whichever music file you want to edit.
- After selecting the music file, which is to be edited, play that file. You will see some blue lines and a time line.
- Before editing the file, listen to it thoroughly and mark the part which is to be edited. After marking the seconds, select that much on the timeline by clicking left mouse button and once selection is done, click and hold the left button. Drag the file where you have to paste it.
- But before pasting it, you need to delete the data present in that part. Go to Edit and Cut tabs and remove that part.
- Now simply open a blank page and paste your edited part there.
You have edited the music file successfully. However, keep in mind that Audacity only edits music files, which are in MP3 and WAV formats.
How to edit music using GarageBand
This is another application used for recording, and editing or trimming music tracks. This application is one of the Apples’ iLife suite components. You can easily edit music tracks using this audio-recording application. Trimming is the most common method used for editing.
- After opening the application click ‘Open’ tab.
- Select and click on the music, which is to be edited amongst the list of files on the left hand side of the page.
- You will find a wavelength of the selected track on the bottom of the page.
- Highlight the part that you want to edit or trim.
- Select ‘Edit and then Delete’ button. Follow the same method to shuffle the track or copy some part to another file.
You will find many more applications that are similar to the ones mentioned above on the internet for editing music.
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