<p>From the region context menu choose <code>Edit > Strip Silence</code> to detect silence (based on a user-chosen threshold in <abbr title="Decibels relative to Full Scale">dBFS</abbr>), split a region based on the boundaries of the silent segments, and remove the silence. You can also specify a minimum length for silence - useful when editing very percussive material and just needing to automatically trim the ends of a region. The dialog looks like this:</p>
<p>From the region context menu choose <code>Edit > Strip Silence</code> to detect silence (based on a user-chosen threshold in <abbr title="Decibels relative to Full Scale">dBFS</abbr>), split a region based on the boundaries of the silent segments, and remove the silence. You can also specify a minimum length for silence - useful when editing very percussive material and just needing to automatically trim the ends of a region. The dialog looks like this:</p>