{"id":72,"date":"2025-09-18T07:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topittalents.com\/manual\/wp\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:52:21","slug":"external-audio-editing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/external-audio-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"External Audio Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External Audio Editing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To edit the audio file of a particular song within SWDB (to add reverb, delete an interior section of the audio, add harmonies or other instruments, etc.), we recommend the following procedure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download and install&nbsp;<strong>Audacity<\/strong>, a terrific free audio editor (Audacityteam.org). It works in Mac and PC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Within Audactiy, go to File\/Open, and browse to the desired song audio file you wish to edit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To find the song, open SongwritersdB and use the Browse Location option within the song tile:<br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/External-Audio-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The usual location of the songs is<b> C:\/users\/[username]\/Music\/SongwritersdB Songs.<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Audacity, open that song file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit the file within Audacity. You can remove sections of the song, add effects (reverb, delay, etc.), even add additional audio tracks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you are satisfied with your edits, export as an .mp3 back to the location of the song, overwriting the old file; be sure to use the exact same name!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now when you play back that song within SongwritersdB, you will hear your new, edited version, complete with reverb, harmonies, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, you can also modify the above by using any other audio editor or DAW, following the steps above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>External Audio Editing To edit the audio file of a particular song within SWDB (to add reverb, delete an interior section of the audio, add harmonies or other instruments, etc.), we recommend the following procedure: Of course, you can also modify the above by using any other audio editor or DAW, following the steps above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}