Automatically delete blank space

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lilears4
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Automatically delete blank space

Post by lilears4 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:35 am

Hi all...

I am hoping someone has a handle on how to do this.
I would like to find a way to automatically scrub a track to remove blank space in speech...

As it stands, I have to manually select the pauses between sentences and even words... then delete them...

For example, if a sentence sounds like this:

"well...... john decided... to... run to the store........ that took a while...... given that he wasn't wearing... any... shoes...."

I would like to make it:
"well john decided to run to the store that took a while given that he wasn't wearing any shoes."
or even:
"welljohndecidedtoruntothestorethattookawhilegiventhathewasn'twearinganyshoes."


Any ideas? Plugins out there? Something I could tweak thresholds and time intervals on?

thanks in advance...

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Re: Automatically delete blank space

Post by steve » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:41 am

9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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