When you are making a recording, when you have finished playing just wait for the sound to die away naturally before 'stopping' the recording. To have a tune you have played 'chopped off' at the end is a real shame, particularly when you have put so much effort into recording it.
Here is an example of what I am talking about. The song is Cavatina.
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1. This is how it sounds if you stop the recording too early at the end.
2. This is how it should sound at the end. Don't be in too much of a hurry to end the recording and just let everything fade away naturally.
Also, if you are playing an organ and are using the foot pedals it's a good idea to release the foot pedal a fraction after you have lifted your fingers off everything else. Then the bass note fades away last, all on it's own. Just a fraction after, mind you! Don't hold it down for ever!
Here's an example of doing this. The song is I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.
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Releasing the bass note last (and letting it fade away).
Hugh