# How to stretch ending notes on guitar?

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**Category:** Cubase\
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**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-stretch-ending-notes-on-guitar/657258 "2015-12-23T22:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![CSolomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@CSolomon](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/CSolomon)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-stretch-ending-notes-on-guitar/657258/1 "2015-12-23T22:45:40Z")

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I have 3 tracks of guitar I am trying to stretch out the ending notes.  
When we recorded we hit stop record to soon when the guitars were ringing out.  
I would like to stretch the ending notes maybe 2 bars is that possible?

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**Author:** ![curteye](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/curteye/32/72_2.png) [@curteye](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/curteye)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-stretch-ending-notes-on-guitar/657258/2 "2015-12-24T04:03:25Z")

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Aloha C,

Tough one. ☹

In theory you would want to copy a section of the sustaining note(s) from earlier in the track  
and then ‘crossfade’ it onto the end where the sound stops.

But over the years I have tried this with voxes, organs, strings, basses, guitars etc  
all with little or no success. I have never been able to make it really sound ‘smooth’.

Depending on the music, masking the crossfade point with a drum hit might help  
but many times not.

Perhaps someone else here on the board has a good tip or trick on how to do this.

Good Luck! (and I mean that).  
{‘-’}

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**Author:** ![polgara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/polgara/32/908_2.png) [@polgara](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/polgara)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-stretch-ending-notes-on-guitar/657258/3 "2015-12-24T11:18:01Z")

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in the menu bar audio /process / time stretch . press the help button for directions ,i would make a copy of the part highlight it and bounce it just incase you make a mess, then you have it backed up .looks simple enough good luck .