How to loop music

[xbox 360 fan]

I really want to loop music but I don't know how to.
I don't know if this is the right section anyways
I use Audacity but I don't think you should use that because I can't save it while it's endlessly looping.

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[Mrmii21]

1. Get the song you want loaded into Audacity
2. Find the part you want to loop
3. Cut or delete everything before the beginning and after the end
4. Hold [Shift] and press play to make sure it loops smoothly
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you have a good loop
6. Go to File > Export... (YOU CANNOT DO THIS WHILE IT IS PLAYING, YOU NEED TO STOP IT FIRST)
7. Name it what you want (Use a _ for a space) and select to export it as Ogg Vorbis
8. Export it

Congratulations! You have made a loop that is compatible with Blockland.

[xbox 360 fan]

1. Get the song you want loaded into Audacity
2. Find the part you want to loop
3. Cut or delete everything before the beginning and after the end
4. Hold [Shift] and press play to make sure it loops smoothly
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you have a good loop
6. Go to File > Export... (YOU CANNOT DO THIS WHILE IT IS PLAYING, YOU NEED TO STOP IT FIRST)
7. Name it what you want (Use a _ for a space) and select to export it as Ogg Vorbis
8. Export it

Congratulations! You have made a loop that is compatible with Blockland. thanks

[xbox 360 fan]

messed that up

thanks a lot anyways!

[RedJohn]

1. Get the song you want loaded into Audacity
2. Find the part you want to loop
3. Cut or delete everything before the beginning and after the end
4. Hold [Shift] and press play to make sure it loops smoothly
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you have a good loop
6. Go to File > Export... (YOU CANNOT DO THIS WHILE IT IS PLAYING, YOU NEED TO STOP IT FIRST)
7. Name it what you want (Use a _ for a space) and select to export it as Ogg Vorbis
8. Export it

Congratulations! You have made a loop that is compatible with Blockland.

Also, before you export, you need to split the track to mono.

To do this, you left click the little arrow located here :



And then click split stereo to mono.

[Nibble]

If you dont understand how to do it here, Look it up on Youtube. There is ways.

[Dglider]

Also, before you export, you need to split the track to mono.

To do this, you left click the little arrow located here :

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And then click split stereo to mono.

There's also an export setting you can modify in the options menu somewhere.  It makes a new menu appear when exporting that lets you choose the number of channels to export, and which audio goes where.  So if I want to make all audio go into one speaker I can do that.  Or if I want to split it into 5 channels and have all of the bass come out the fifth speaker I can also do that.  I love Audacity <3

[Kalphiter^4]

And then click split stereo to mono.

Does this create one combined channel or two different ones?

Most songs don't have different L and R channels, but using only one without combining them can mess with the song.

Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZR8S-nR3iE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCiDuy4mrWU @ 24sec

[Neozuki]

Most songs don't have different L and R channels, but using only one without combining them can mess with the song.

A lot of music has different L/R, but professionally made tracks are designed to sound the same (or at least close to the same) when reduced to mono. Bass and vocals tend to be mono already.

Does this create one combined channel or two different ones?

I'm not 100% on the context in Audacity, but if a song is in stereo then it already has two channels. I think Audacity splits them into two waveforms that are treated as separate.

If you want a mono track, then try using 'Tracks > Stereo to Mono'.