Make a Chi Running "Metronome" MP3 track

Step 5 Dropping out

OK, one loop over and over again can get pretty tiresome. You can change the volume on your MP3 player if you want to make it quiet or focus on it, but I found that making audio dropouts in the file itself was more helpful. The audio gets quieter and then comes back at full volume so I can check to see if I'm running at the right pace on my own.

So go to "Track" and choose "Show Master Track." You'll now see a purple section at the bottom. Click the square between the icon and the text to activate it.

You can now change the volume of the track by adding points to the line. To add a point, simply click on the purple line. Dragging that point up or down will make that part of the song louder or softer.

What we want are slow dropouts which quickly come back. So make two points along the line. These are the beginning and end points for the dropout. See picture 3.

Make one more point just to the left of the right point and drag it all the way down. Finally, make a fourth point in the middle and drag that one down a little as well. See picture 4.

Repeat this process across the rest of the track. Try varying the effect so that you won't know what to expect when you're running.

Export and enjoy!