Auto Silence Removal - Merging Pyramix 4.3 User Manual

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Auto Silence Removal

Edit > Automatic Silence Removal
Automatic Silence Removal operates by scanning the Selection and then automatically editing it into
smaller clips by removing regions which fall below the threshold level and meet the 'Minimal Sound' and
'Silence' criteria set in the Automatic Silence Removal dialog.
Note: This function is non-destructive of the Media file - it edits the clip by breaking it
up into smaller clips, not by deleting any actual audio from the hard drive.
Threshold [dB]
This field determines the threshold level in dB below which material in the clip will be removed.
Minimal Silence [ms] / Minimal Sound [ms]
Sets the shortest periods of silence and sound which can be created by removing material that drops
below the threshold. Some audio material (E.g. speech) contains very short gaps. If all of these were
removed, the audio would become too "chopped up". On speech the object of the exercise is usually to
break it into areas where speech is present not remove small gaps between words or sentences. Some
audio material may have very short transient peaks in the midst of a segment that falls below the
threshold. If all of these short transients were created as clips the end result might well sound worse
than the original.
Leads to the Waveform sub-menu:
Clip displays whatever is selected for the entire Track.
Clip displays Waveform regardless of the overall Track setting
Clip displays Clip Name regardless of the overall Track setting
Automatic Silence Removal dialog
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