+<dl>
+ <dt><dfn>Threshold</dfn></dt>
+ <dd>The audio level under which the audio is considered silent (in <abbr
+ title="Decibels relative to Full Scale">dBFS</abbr>)</dd>
+ <dt><dfn>Minimum length</dfn></dt>
+ <dd>A minimum number of samples for Ardour to create a split. Under this
+ number, the region won't be sliced</dd>
+ <dt><dfn>Fade length</dfn></dt>
+ <dd>Ardour adds fades, both in and out, to the trimmed regions, to the created
+ region (so the sliced regions are longer by both the in and out fades duration,
+ expressed in samples)</dd>
+ <dt>A progress bar</dt>
+ <dd>showing the time Ardour takes to compute the trimming based on the current
+ parameters</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<p>
+ Changing any parameter in the window is reflected in the main editor: the silent
+ segments are highlighted and the number and durations of the shortest segments is
+ displayed, helping fine-tune the parameters.
+</p>
+
+<figure>
+ <img src="/images/strip-silence-audio.png" alt="strip silence: view of the audio">
+ <img src="/images/strip-silence-after.png" alt="strip silence: view of the audio after">
+ <figcaption>
+ Strip Silence : a view of the audio while changing the parameters, and after treatment
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<p class="note">The minimum length for silence can be useful when editing very
+ percussive material and just needing to automatically trim the ends of a region.
+</p>