Beat Cutter

A beat cutter cuts a song at its beats instead of at random points in the waveform. Trim or shorten a track on a beat boundary and the rhythm carries through the join, so the edit sounds intentional rather than chopped. This tool finds the beats for you and lets you cut on them, free, in your browser, with no signup or install.

Upload an MP3 or WAV. The track is analyzed, and the beats and section edges are marked on the timeline. Pick where you want the cut, drag your handles to snap to the nearest beat, remove the part you don't need, and play back the join before you export.

It helps when a song has too many bars between the part you like and the part you need next. Cut a few beats or a full phrase and the next section lands on the downbeat. It also tightens a long intro down to a clean count-in before the first verse, or shortens a track to fit a video, reel, or presentation of a set length.

One thing worth knowing: beats and musical sections aren't the same. An on-beat cut sounds best when both ends sit at matching points in the phrase, like bar 1 to bar 1, so the energy lines up. That's why the timeline marks section edges as well as beats.

People often ask whether a beat cut sounds smooth. It does when both cut points fall on the beat at the same place in the bar, which is what the snapping is for. Off-grid cuts are where the audible jump comes from.