Editing Music replacement guide (section)

==Editing the track==
Use Audacity to open the chosen track.

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Play the whole track, and make a mental note of where the song tends to repeat a lot. The bottom of the window will indicate the position of the audio - make sure the unit of measurement is set to "samples" for the most precise loop selection possible.

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Once some starting and stopping points have been located, zoom in on both of them using either Ctrl+1 or Ctrl+Mouse Wheel. Clicking anywhere in the track and pressing either the Play button or the Space key will start the track from the chosen point.

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After zooming in and finding a more precise starting or stopping point, ''it is '''very''' important to make sure that the point is on or very close to a zero value''. This means choosing a point that's ''very'' near or directly on the horizontal line that goes across the entire track. If a loop point is chosen that's too far from this line, an audible click sound will play every time the track loops in game.

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Make a note of the ''exact'' sample position shown in Audio Position for both the starting and stopping points - they'll be needed soon.

Put the values for the starting and stopping loop points in the two boxes to the right of Audio Position. Make sure "Start and End of Selection" is selected.

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Shift-clicking the Play button or pressing Shift+Space will allow the selected portion of the track to be played in a loop. Pressing the right arrow key will advance the track by a second, and pressing Shift with the right arrow key will advance it by 15 seconds. Listen to the track as it passes the loop point to ensure the transition is smooth.

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Once the loop is silky smooth, it's time to cut off the end of the track. ''PSO'' supports setting a starting loop point, but not an ending one, meaning it simply uses the end of the track as the end of the loop. Type the end loop point into the "Start Selection" box and an absurdly large number like 999,999,999 into the "End Selection" box. Delete the portion of the track that follows the end of the loop.

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Nice.