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Auto Trim/Crop

Auto Trim/Crop removes silence from an audio file. In addition, this function automatically fades the endpoints of a phrase.

Using Auto Trim/Crop

1.Open the Voiceover.pca file.

2.From the Process menu, choose Auto Trim/Crop. The Auto Trim/Crop dialog appears.

Auto Trim/Crop dialog

3.From the Preset drop-down list, choose Phrase Concatenator 1 and click OK. Sound Forge prompts you to approve the deletion of the current Regions List.

4.Click Yes. The Auto Trim/Crop function deletes silence in the file and creates new regions based on the preset’s parameters. For more information, see Auto Trim/Crop controls on page 149.

Auto Trim/Crop controls

The following controls are located in the Auto Trim/Crop dialog.

Function drop-down list

The Function drop-down list contains five presets.

Preset

Description

Keep edges outside of the

Removes silence within the selection, but retains all data outside of the selection.

selection

 

Remove edges outside of

Removes silence within the selection and deletes all data beyond the selection.

the selection

 

 

 

Remove silence between

Removes silence within the selection and creates regions from individual phrases. For

phrases (creates regions)

more information, see Minimum inter-phrase silence on page 150.

Remove data beyond loop

Removes all data beyond the selected loop. For more information, see Minimum length

points

following loop end on page 150.

 

 

Remove data from start

Allows you to specify an amount of sound to be deleted from the beginning of each file

and limit file length

and specify a maximum length for converted files. If a file is longer than this length,

 

Sound Forge trims it. This preset is useful for creating sample clips.

 

 

Attack threshold

Determines the threshold level for detection of the trim/crop start point: -Inf. indicates complete silence, and 0 dB indicates maximum amplitude level.

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