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How to Combine & Edit Two MP3 Songs Into One Song

Whether you want to create a song medley or consolidate your MP3 song files, you need to know how to combine and edit MP3 songs into one song. Using Audacity, mp3DirectCut or Merge MP3--all of which are free and open-source audio editing programs--you can manipulate digital audio and combine two MP3 songs together into one seamless MP3 song.

Instructions

  1. Audacity

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      Click on "Project." Scroll down and click on "Import Audio." Click on the first MP3 song you want to import and click on the "Open" button.

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      Open the second MP3 song you want to import.

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      Click on the left pane of the the second MP3 song track.

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      Press Control+C or click on "Edit," scroll down and click on "Copy" to copy the second MP3 song.

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      Click at the end of the audio waveform in the first MP3 song track. Press Control+V or click on "Edit," scroll down and click on "Paste" to paste the second MP3 song in the first MP3 song track.

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      Click on "FIle," scroll down and click on "Export as MP3."

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      Enter the name of your new MP3 song into the "File Name" bar and click on the "Save" button.

    mp3DirectCut

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      Click on "File" and "Open."

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      Click on the song you want to play second in your final MP3 and click on the "Open" button.

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      Click on "Edit," scroll down and click on "Select All."

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      Click on "Edit," scroll down and click on "Copy."

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      Click on "File" and "Open."

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      Click on the song you want to play first in your final MP3 and click on the "Open" button.

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      Click-and-drag the scroll bar all the way to the right to the end of the first song file.

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      Click on "Edit," scroll down and click on "Paste."

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      Click on "File," scroll down and click on "Save All."

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      Type the name of your final MP3 song into the empty "File Name" field and click on the "Save" button.

    Using Merge MP3

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      Click and drag two MP3 songs on your hard drive into the blank space on the program interface.

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      Click and drag a box around the two MP3 songs in Merge MP3 to highlight them.

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      Right-click on the selected songs, scroll your mouse over "File" and click on "Merge Selected."

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      Type the name of your final MP3 song into the empty "File Name" field and click on the "Save" button.

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