How to Cut Music for Free with Professional Music Cutter

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How to Cut Music for Free with Professional Music Cutter

28 June 2019 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by Emma Johnson at 8 November 2026

Summary
Cutting is a critical step in music production. Drawing support from a good music editor, we can make music better. How to cut music for free? Go and read this essay!

Content

Part 1: Renee Audio Tools

Part 2: FFmpeg Command

Part 3: Easy MP3 Cutter

Part 1: Renee Audio Tools

Renee Audio Tools is a free audio editor. Through the software, users can cut, merge audio files, convert between formats, adjust speed, volume and add audio effects. Such powerful functions can satisfy different 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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How to cut music:

① Open the software and select [Cutter].

click cutter to cut music in renee audio tools

② Click [Add Files] to select the target audio file(s).

click to add audio files in renee audio tools

③ Click [Cut]. Then, drag the progress bar or set the specific start and end time to cut the music.

④ Set effects for the cut music, such as fade in/out, volume and speed. Also, change the voice to male/female, monster, electric tone, cartoon, reverb, echo and the other vocal effects.

renee audio cutter adjust speed and volume

⑤ After that, click [OK] to go back the main interface. If you want to join several pieces of music, check [Merge all files into one].

⑥ Finally, select the output format, quality, output folder and click [Start] to save the file.

How to join music:

① Open the software and select [Joiner].

select the function joiner in renee audio tools

② Click [Add Files] to select two or more pieces of music.

③ Check [Merge all files into one] to select the output format, quality and output folder. Then, click [Start] to save the file.

join some audio together in renee audio joiner

How to convert format:

① Open the software and select [Converter].

select converter function in renee audio tools

② Click [Add Files] to select the target file.

click to add files to select the audio files

③ At the top column, select the functions to edit the file.

select the target functions in renee audio converter

④ Then, select the output format and quality. Click [Start] to convert the format and save the file.

select output formats and folder and click start in renee audio converter

How to edit music tag:

① If want to add information to the music, like title, artist and so on, click [ID3 Tag Editor].

select id3 tag editor in renee audio tools

② Click [Load File] to select the target files. Then, set the title, artist, album name, year and genre for your album.

③ Also, click [+] to add the album picture. Finally, click [Save] to keep your editing.

add music information in renee audio tools

Part 2: FFmpeg Command

FFmpeg is an open-source project used to record, convert videos and audio to the specific formats. Through writing commands in FFmpeg, we can simply cut and join videos and audios. While if you do not know how to write commands, you can try the other approaches.

How to cut music:

① Refer to the steps in “how to download and install FFmpeg”. Install FFmpeg on PC.

② Open Command Prompt. Then, type [C:WindowsSystem32ffmpeg.exe -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:05:00 -i E:Renee1.mp3 -acodec copy E:Renee2.mp3] to cut the music.

use command prompt and ffmpeg to cut music

This approach can cut any part out of the music. If you want to join several pieces of music, you should use the Copy command.

How to join music:

① In Command Prompt, type [copy /b "f:Renee1.mp3"+ "f:Renee2.mp3" "f:Renee.mp3"] to join pieces of music together.

use command prompt to copy and merge mp3

Part 3: Easy MP3 Cutter

Easy MP3 Cutter is a free audio editor. Users can set the duration time and the output file size to cut the music. Also, it supports to edit the music tags. But it can only cut the audio files in two formats.