SongShrink · Guides
SongShrink guides.
Plain answers to the questions parents, coaches, athletes and riders ask about competition music. Each guide starts with what the rulebooks actually say and how to do the job in any editor, then explains where SongShrink helps. Every limit and rule is read in the governing body’s own document, which each guide lists. Published 25 October 2026.
Guides
Floor, ice, mat and stage
How long can floor music be? Cutting a song to the time limit
USA Gymnastics Xcel and Development Program, NCAA and FIG floor limits, ISU and U.S. Figure Skating program lengths for 2026 and 2027, USASF, UCA, NCA and UDA cheer and dance limits, what the judges time, and how to cut on bar lines so the joins don’t sound cut.
Dressage freestyle
Dressage freestyle music: match the tempo to walk, trot and canter
The three rhythms and typical tempos, how to count your own horse, how far a song can be sped up or slowed down, FEI, British Dressage and USDF time limits by level, when the clock runs, and how to build the music.
Gymnastics floor
Words in floor music: the deduction, and how to get an instrumental version
The 0.50 USA Gymnastics deduction and the FIG penalty, what is allowed (humming, whistles, a single rhythmic word), the music approval process, and four ways to an instrumental, including on-device vocal removal and where it fails.
Help with the app
Support
SongShrink support
Which songs you can use, getting a song into SongShrink, how vocal removal works, how exact the length is, which format to use for a competition, restoring and sharing your purchase, and what it costs.
Get SongShrink
SongShrink fits a song you own to your competition time and tempo, exactly when the music is long enough. Free to download and try; exporting is a one-time unlock, and the store shows the price.
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