How to Cut the Song with Simple Steps

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How to Cut the Song with Simple Steps

14 December 2021 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by Emma Johnson at 8 November 2026

Summary
We may need to cut the song according to our different needs in daily life. However, parts of users don’t know how to make it. Following will discuss how to cut songs to help you solve the problem.

Content

Part 1: Reasons of Cutting Music

Part 2: How to Cut Music

1. With Renee Audio Tools
2. With online Tool – Audio Cutter
3. With Music Editing Master
4. With Cool Edit Pro

Part 3: Comparison among Mentioned Methods

Part 1: Reasons of Cutting Music

Before discussing how to cut the song, we need to get more information about the reasons of cutting music which can help us make a better choice basing on our own situation. Here are some reasons that users need to cut the song:

1. Creating ringtones for cell phone. The duration of a song could be 3 to 4 minutes which could be too long to be a ringtone which is just about 20- 30 seconds.

2. Cut the desired part form the songs and connect the pieces into one.

Part 2: How to Cut Music

1. With Renee Audio Tools

Renee Audio Tools, a professional and free audio editing software, provides powerful and easy-to-use audio editing functions which can fulfill most audio edit needs for users.

Professional Audio Editor – Renee Audio Tools

CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in MP3, ACC, FLAC and APE formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing and volume adjustment, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

JoinerMerge music files into one regardless the original file formats. The output format and quality can be set, too.

CD BurnerBurn multiple music files into CD, DVD and also make APE or BIN image file.

Compatible with: Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP (32bit/64bit)

CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in diffrent formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

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1. Download and install Renee Audio Tools.

2. Open the software and click on [Joiner].

3. Click on [Add Files] to select the target audio files.

select the target audio files to combine in renee audio joiner

4. Then, click on [Cut].

select to cut audio files in renee audio joiner

5. In the Video/Audio Trim window, you can move the sliders to select the wanted part of each song. Then, the effect of fade-in/out shall be set as 0.00; the playback speed shall be 1.00; the volume shall be 100. If you want some special effects, you can select one in [Change of Voice].

how to cut audio files and music with renee audio tools

6. Return to the cut page and you can check the modification of the music (duration, size, etc). Then please select the target output format and the destination to save the output file. Finally, click [Start] to process.

Cut the song start to transfer wav to m4a

2. With online Tool – Audio Cutter

Being a free online tool, Audio Cutter let users to trim the audio in the browser without installing any plug-in or other tools.

use online audio cutter to cut audio Cut song

Limitations: Users need to upload the audio files to Audio Cutter before starting everything, which may cause privacy leakage.

3. With Music Editing Master

Music Editing Master provides a colorful interface for users to cut their music. It can cut and combine the audio without decreasing the audio quality.

Limitations: The interface of this software is quite complicated and hard to use for newbie. Besides, webpage of the software pops up every time you close the software, which may create a bad user experience.

4. With Cool Edit Pro

Developed by Adobe Systems, Cool Edit Pro is a multi-tracks recording and audio editing software. With this software, users can switch among different files and cut them. Besides, this software provides multiple special effects which can help you improve your audio.

Limitations: Users may receive undefined errors from the software once the plug-ins does not fit the high requirement of the software and can not go further. Besides, the operation of this software is complicated which is better for professionals.

Part 3: Comparison among Mentioned Methods

All of the mentioned methods above can help users to cut the song. However, the online tool Audio Cutter, Music Editing Master or Cool Edit Pro can not fulfill the requirement of privacy safety, operation difficulty or user experience at the same time.

However, Renee Audio Tools can not only help users cut the music with simple steps but also protect the users’ privacy. It is recommended to try free Renee Audio Tools if you want to cut music.