Seamless loop?

BackUpAndDown

Hey i've been having some trouble with getting the background music to loop seamlessly. Is there some kind of way to fix this? it loops seamlessly in garageband and itunes so I know that the problem is with GS.

DanBosley

Are your music loops in MP3? MP3 files tend to have the smallest gaps ever right at the beginning and at the end of the file, causing them to not loop seamlessly.
You can get round it by exporting your loop from garageband as a .wav, which will be seamless, but will cost a little bit on file size.

I don't know if there is a function in GS to start the loop that slip second early, but that's the best way I can think of for now.

old_kipper

I would open the file in audacity and check that you have no space in the file and also check that the waveform is at zero front and back. If is isn't then zoom in and use a really short fade in or out to make sure it does. I think itunes plays each song with a very slight fade front and back automatically which helps with looping and avoids clicks. The cleaning up in Audacity will hopefully sort this in GS.

hope this helps

kipper

jonmulcahy

when you export from garageband it usually adds a few seconds of silent to the end of the file. Either open it up in a wav editor and trim it back, or make sure you have that yellow loop area on and adjusted to the right size before you export (i think i read that also works)

gyroscope

jonmulcahy said:
...or make sure you have that yellow loop area on and adjusted to the right size before you export (i think i read that also works)

Just to confirm that that works and is the preferable method as you get the exact track/loop length you want.

Dizko

Also make sure you're importing as Music and not a Sound, for whatever reason I've experienced issues trying to loop sounds, but music loops perfectly.

Best format is .wav in my experience.