Completely cutting silence out of an audio file
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I record lecture notes, and they contain giant pauses filled with white noise. Is there some way I can get rid of those passages completely? Using Audacity, I can reduce the white noise (i.e. turn it into silence), but what I'd like to do is crop those bits out from the file so I don't have to play "hunt for the lecture".
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asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
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I record lecture notes, and they contain giant pauses filled with white noise. Is there some way I can get rid of those passages completely? Using Audacity, I can reduce the white noise (i.e. turn it into silence), but what I'd like to do is crop those bits out from the file so I don't have to play "hunt for the lecture".
audio audacity
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25
add a comment |
I record lecture notes, and they contain giant pauses filled with white noise. Is there some way I can get rid of those passages completely? Using Audacity, I can reduce the white noise (i.e. turn it into silence), but what I'd like to do is crop those bits out from the file so I don't have to play "hunt for the lecture".
audio audacity
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
I record lecture notes, and they contain giant pauses filled with white noise. Is there some way I can get rid of those passages completely? Using Audacity, I can reduce the white noise (i.e. turn it into silence), but what I'd like to do is crop those bits out from the file so I don't have to play "hunt for the lecture".
audio audacity
audio audacity
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
asked Dec 14 '11 at 7:07
Cookie MonsterCookie Monster
4502714
4502714
Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25
add a comment |
Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25
Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25
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Try this, assuming you can use a sufficiently recent (post 2007, unstable) version of audacity.
Summary of the suggestion, as requested by @slhck:
Obtain a version of Audacity later than version 1.3.3. The stable version of Audacity is from 2006, and does not contain the same functionality as the more recent preview releases.
Open the file you want to remove the whitespace from.
Go to Effect > Truncate Silence.
Set Min silence duration and Max silence duration to the same value, the length of the longest pauses you want to keep, probably at least a few hundred ms.
Set Threshold for silence to the threshold you want for detecting silence. You'll probably have to fiddle a bit with this unless you have somehow blanked the silences completely.
The effect is described here
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
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Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
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I have gaps in my interned steaming recordings due to buffering. I found that they can all be automatically closed by using the Effect > Truncate Silence method. I set the duration to 0.1 seconds for detection with a level of -60db and the output duration to 0. Works perfectly.
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
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Try this, assuming you can use a sufficiently recent (post 2007, unstable) version of audacity.
Summary of the suggestion, as requested by @slhck:
Obtain a version of Audacity later than version 1.3.3. The stable version of Audacity is from 2006, and does not contain the same functionality as the more recent preview releases.
Open the file you want to remove the whitespace from.
Go to Effect > Truncate Silence.
Set Min silence duration and Max silence duration to the same value, the length of the longest pauses you want to keep, probably at least a few hundred ms.
Set Threshold for silence to the threshold you want for detecting silence. You'll probably have to fiddle a bit with this unless you have somehow blanked the silences completely.
The effect is described here
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
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Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
add a comment |
Try this, assuming you can use a sufficiently recent (post 2007, unstable) version of audacity.
Summary of the suggestion, as requested by @slhck:
Obtain a version of Audacity later than version 1.3.3. The stable version of Audacity is from 2006, and does not contain the same functionality as the more recent preview releases.
Open the file you want to remove the whitespace from.
Go to Effect > Truncate Silence.
Set Min silence duration and Max silence duration to the same value, the length of the longest pauses you want to keep, probably at least a few hundred ms.
Set Threshold for silence to the threshold you want for detecting silence. You'll probably have to fiddle a bit with this unless you have somehow blanked the silences completely.
The effect is described here
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
5,36511224
Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
add a comment |
Try this, assuming you can use a sufficiently recent (post 2007, unstable) version of audacity.
Summary of the suggestion, as requested by @slhck:
Obtain a version of Audacity later than version 1.3.3. The stable version of Audacity is from 2006, and does not contain the same functionality as the more recent preview releases.
Open the file you want to remove the whitespace from.
Go to Effect > Truncate Silence.
Set Min silence duration and Max silence duration to the same value, the length of the longest pauses you want to keep, probably at least a few hundred ms.
Set Threshold for silence to the threshold you want for detecting silence. You'll probably have to fiddle a bit with this unless you have somehow blanked the silences completely.
The effect is described here
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
5,36511224
Try this, assuming you can use a sufficiently recent (post 2007, unstable) version of audacity.
Summary of the suggestion, as requested by @slhck:
Obtain a version of Audacity later than version 1.3.3. The stable version of Audacity is from 2006, and does not contain the same functionality as the more recent preview releases.
Open the file you want to remove the whitespace from.
Go to Effect > Truncate Silence.
Set Min silence duration and Max silence duration to the same value, the length of the longest pauses you want to keep, probably at least a few hundred ms.
Set Threshold for silence to the threshold you want for detecting silence. You'll probably have to fiddle a bit with this unless you have somehow blanked the silences completely.
The effect is described here
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
5,36511224
edited Dec 14 '11 at 9:25
answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
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answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
EroenEroen
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answered Dec 14 '11 at 7:45
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Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
add a comment |
Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
Could you maybe summarize the steps here? That would be great.
– slhck
Dec 14 '11 at 9:09
add a comment |
I have gaps in my interned steaming recordings due to buffering. I found that they can all be automatically closed by using the Effect > Truncate Silence method. I set the duration to 0.1 seconds for detection with a level of -60db and the output duration to 0. Works perfectly.
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
6111
add a comment |
I have gaps in my interned steaming recordings due to buffering. I found that they can all be automatically closed by using the Effect > Truncate Silence method. I set the duration to 0.1 seconds for detection with a level of -60db and the output duration to 0. Works perfectly.
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
6111
add a comment |
I have gaps in my interned steaming recordings due to buffering. I found that they can all be automatically closed by using the Effect > Truncate Silence method. I set the duration to 0.1 seconds for detection with a level of -60db and the output duration to 0. Works perfectly.
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
6111
I have gaps in my interned steaming recordings due to buffering. I found that they can all be automatically closed by using the Effect > Truncate Silence method. I set the duration to 0.1 seconds for detection with a level of -60db and the output duration to 0. Works perfectly.
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
6111
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
6111
answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
Simon AnthonySimon Anthony
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answered Sep 10 '15 at 4:35
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Manually or automatically?
– soandos
Dec 14 '11 at 7:12
Automatically. Manually would be too slow.
– Cookie Monster
Dec 14 '11 at 7:25