Dead space at the end of song in Showcase

[cacibi]

I have a bunch of dead space (no waveform) after the end marker in my song in Showcase. Is there any way to trim this? The song length appears correct and I don't have dead space in my audio files before import. Seems like the end marker should resize the song view to the correct length but by the time the song finished, I am scrolling through no man's land.

[silverhead]

On 3/27/2026 at 7:39 PM, cacibi said:

….. I don't have dead space in my audio files before import. ….

Are you certain about that? The longest of the imported files determines the length of the song. 
 

In any case,  no there is currently no way to trim the Song files/tracks after import. You need to trim them before import. Check each wav file for the dead space you don’t want and trim them.

[jpdennis]

On 3/27/2026 at 4:39 PM, cacibi said:

I have a bunch of dead space (no waveform) after the end marker in my song in Showcase. Is there any way to trim this? The song length appears correct and I don't have dead space in my audio files before import. Seems like the end marker should resize the song view to the correct length but by the time the song finished, I am scrolling through no man's land.

 

cacibi,

 

Are you saying you cannot move the end marker?  Or are you saying the dead space after the end marker is playing out when you switch to the next song.  I have moved the end marker on a few songs to stop fade out and I am able to segue without any issues.  Thanks for any clarification. 

 

jpd

[cacibi]

So I have audio files that are approximately 4 minutes. 3 tracks for one song…all the same length. 
 

After import, the end marker is properly placed at the end of the audio files. Then AFTER the end marker, there is a huge black zone. There is extra space in the waveform/song view after the end marker and during playback the the song ends up in this dead zone. In other words, the position indicator/scroll of the waveform during playback eventually moves PAST the end marker into the black zone. The song ends where it should, but the song view is not properly tracking and it would be great to get rid of this useless, empty space in the song view. 
 

imagine that you are working in Logic and you positioned the project end marker at the proper location, but for some reason….there was still empty space AFTER the end marker.

[jpdennis]

On 3/28/2026 at 10:19 AM, cacibi said:

So I have audio files that are approximately 4 minutes. 3 tracks for one song…all the same length. 
 

... In other words, the position indicator/scroll of the waveform during playback eventually moves PAST the end marker into the black zone ...

 

cacibi,

 

I have four or five stems per song.  My songs do not have the position indicator scrolling past the end marker.  Is your end marker the triangular flag with the two red bar stop indicator?  Mine is and it does not go into the "black dead zone".  The scrolling indicator stops at the end marker flag for me.  I wonder if other people are seeing what you are seeing and it is not being reported.

 

jpd

 

 

[cacibi]

So I think this is a "Chase" issue. First, I did not realize that Chase is disabled when you zoom but, secondly, it seems that if I re-enable Chase after zooming it does not seem to scroll accurately and this is causing the view to "run off the road". If I load the song, make sure that chase is enabled, then play it - seems to work properly, but any zooming definitely seems to throw the Chase function off with regard to where it is tracking in the song. So seems like a combo of user error (me disabling chase) but also inconsistent Chase behavior when it is re-enabled and/or the zoom level is changed after loading the song.