Troubleshooting · splice diagnosis

How to loop audio without a click sound

If you hear a tick every time the file restarts, the player is fine — the samples at the join are not. Identify whether you have an amplitude jump, a silence pad, or a cut reverb tail, then fix that cause instead of turning down the whole track.

Level the seam in Chrome

Map the sound to a cause

What you hear	Likely cause	First fix
Sharp tick / pop	Amplitude or phase step at the join	Level splice / pick matched ends
Short hole / hiccup	Silence padding at head or tail	Trim zero regions
Whoosh that “restarts”	Reverb/delay tail cut off	Loop where wash is steady
Pitchy blip	Bad crossfade or time-stretch at the edge	Undo stretch; re-export clean

How to listen so you are not guessing

Export (or bounce) a test that is only the last second + the first second of the file, then loop that tiny clip. If the bug is real, you will hear it every two seconds. Fixing “the whole mix” while the bug lives in 64 samples at the edge wastes time.

Fast path vs surgical path

Fast: drop the file into Loop Music and let it search for a splice and level the seam (~20 seconds). Best for beds and practice loops.

Surgical: in a DAW, zoom to the sample level, align zero-crossings, match RMS on both sides of the cut, export WAV. Best when the loop must stay musically exact (one-bar drums, keyed sound design).

After the file is clean, stop re-breaking it

Editors that trim audio ends (CapCut, Premiere, Resolve) can put the click back. If a host keeps adding the tick, check whether the timeline still contains your seamless file or a re-trimmed derivative. See also CapCut and OBS / Twitch.

Click & gap FAQ

Symptom → cause. Different artifacts need different fixes.

Why do I hear a sharp click?

Usually a step in amplitude or phase between the last and first samples.

Level the splice or choose a zero-crossing region where both sides already sit near the same level.

Why is it more like a hole than a click?

Trailing or leading silence — common after lossy export or sloppy trim.

Cut the padding so sound is continuous through the join, then re-check levels.

Ambient beds click even when levels look fine

You probably truncated a reverb or delay tail.

Loop a section where the wash is stable, or fade/design the tail so the restart does not re-attack the room.

Name the artifact, then fix that splice

Turning the bed down hides nothing if the discontinuity is still there.

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