2 <img src="/images/strip-silence-window.png" alt="The Strip Silence window">
4 The Strip Silence window
9 The <dfn>Strip Silence</dfn> tool allows to remove the parts of one or multiple
10 regions that are below a user-defined silence threshold. It does <em>not</em>
11 destroy the underlying audio, but trims the regions according to the silence
12 threshold parameter. The edit applies to all selected regions, allowing batch
17 The window, accessible either through the <kbd class="menu">Region > Edit > Strip
18 Silence</kbd> menu or <kbd class="menu"><kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> click on a region
19 > <em>Name_Of_The_Region</em> > Edit > Strip Silence</kbd>is made of:
23 <tr><th><dfn>Threshold</dfn></th>
24 <td>The audio level under which the audio is considered silent (in <abbr
25 title="Decibels relative to Full Scale">dBFS</abbr>)</td></tr>
26 <tr><th><dfn>Minimum length</dfn></th>
27 <td>A minimum number of samples for Ardour to create a split. Under this
28 number, the region won't be sliced</td></tr>
29 <tr><th><dfn>Fade length</dfn></th>
30 <td>Ardour adds fades, both in and out, to the trimmed regions, to the created
31 region (so the sliced regions are longer by both the in and out fades duration,
32 expressed in samples)</td></tr>
33 <tr><th>A progress bar</th>
34 <td>showing the time Ardour takes to compute the trimming based on the current
39 Changing any parameter in the window is reflected in the main editor: the silent
40 segments are highlighted and the number and durations of the shortest segments is
41 displayed, helping fine-tune the parameters.
45 <img src="/images/strip-silence-audio.png" alt="strip silence: view of the audio">
46 <img src="/images/strip-silence-after.png" alt="strip silence: view of the audio after">
48 Strip Silence : a view of the audio while changing the parameters, and after treatment
52 <p class="note">The minimum length for silence can be useful when editing very
53 percussive material and just needing to automatically trim the ends of a region.