removing silence

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shinnen
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removing silence

Post by shinnen » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:59 pm

Hi,
I recorded the audio from a video while playing it on the internet, but it has a lot of spaces (gaps of silence),
do to interuptions while buffering.
Is there a simple way of removing these silences, or do I have to do it manually? There's about 30 of them.
Thanks,
..... john

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Re: removing silence

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:04 pm

Under the Analyze menu there is a Silence Finder function - never used it myself so I don't know how well it works.

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Re: removing silence

Post by steve » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:25 pm

You can shrink them down to about 1 millisecond using the "Truncate Silence" effect.
To remove the silences completely you need to do it manually, but the "Silence Finder" (in the Analyze menu) will help you to quickly locate the silences.
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shinnen
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Re: removing silence

Post by shinnen » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:15 pm

Thanks,
I can locate them easily. They're 10 15 seconds long, each.
I guess I'll so it manually.
Thanks,
...... john

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