How to Cut Cheerleading Routine Music
Cuts or mixes of cheerleading routine music can be parts of several different songs or even a single song remixed into a high-energy dance song. Coaches and cheerleaders are expected to practice and work hard for competitions using these mixes in their routines. However, just as much hard work goes into creating a great mix for a routine as actually dancing the routine and while there are several professional companies that cheer teams can choose to get a well-rounded mix, they can cut their own music if they have the correct equipment.
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Instructions
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Purchase a music editing or mixing software program. These, and the necessary equipment to run them, can be quite expensive, but if you plan on creating several dance mixes, it will be cheaper than going to a professional company. Also, if you do not plan on recording any new sounds, you may not need to purchase additional equipment, depending on the software you buy.
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Purchase the songs you plan to include in the mix. Often, regular songs will be remixed as dance songs, but if a particular song you desire does not have a dance version, you must find a DJ to create one for you.
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Open your music editing program and import the audio files to a new project. Importing features are almost always found in the "File" menu at the top of the screen in all programs.
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Set your tempo for the different song clips you will use. You usually are going to want all songs to be the same speed and in the same key.
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Use any "cut" or "separate" tools to rearrange the parts of songs you will use in your main workspace. These features can often be found on the main toolbar. Use "crossfade" features to make smooth transitions between songs. You may wish to make hard transitions for dramatic areas of the routine.
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Finalize your project and export it as a single audio file. You can then burn it to a disk, put it on a flash drive or access it from a MP3 player.
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Tips & Warnings
If you wish for different parts of a song to cut out certain instruments or vocals, you may need DJ equipment as well. Because creating a good dance mix involves hard work and knowledge of the field of music-making, you can consider looking for people at your school or campus that already do this as a hobby and adding one of them to your team or staff. They may do it for free or charge a fee that is much smaller than those of professionals, and they may still do a fantastic job. By creating your own mixes, you greatly increase the originality of your routine as many professional companies recycle their material to make more money.
If you do not have musical recording or editing experience, leave the creation of the music mix to someone who does so professionally to get the best possible quality.
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