Space at the end of a track

Hello i am new to cakewalk and can't find what must be simple. My track has a long silence after it has finished. how do i stop the song after the song stops if you know what i mean

There could be a envelope handler (volume, for instance) that extends well beyond the end of a track. If so, drag it back to the right edge of the track. Beyond that, be certain that "Stop at Project End" is checked at the bottom of the Options drop-down menu.
 
Joel
 
Eyrie Sound

wessmith


Hello i am new to cakewalk and can't find what must be simple. My track has a long silence after it has finished. how do i stop the song after the song stops if you know what i mean

There are 2 possibilities here, neither of which are clear from your post.

1. Does the project EVER stop? Or do you just get understandably bored and stop it manually? If so, make sure you've got "Stop at end of project" checked
2. If it does stop but not where you think the 'end' is, then the suggestions above need checking. An envelope node, a Midi event etc is 'way out there' but you haven't deleted it. Go into event viewer, select ALL tracks and scroll down to the end - what's the M:B:T of the last event? Also check any hidden or archived tracks with events 'way out there'

This happens to me frequently.  Not sure what I am doing, but it may be that I am changing a note a fat-fingering the time and inserting a note, controller, or series of controllers at something like bar|beat |tick 911:1:0 instead of 11:1:0 or whatever.  Selecting Now to End and hitting delete fixes it. 

The other thing that could happen is letting the song run accidentally in record for a long time and then bumping a fader, a keyboard note, or some other control.