Is there a tool to strip out silent places in a .wav file, or does it have to be done manually?

June 29, 2004 6:01 AM

I recorded a wav file from a MiniDisc onto my laptop - the MD player is getting crotchety and there's extended periods of silence throughout the recording. Is there any tool that can strip out these places where there's no signal recorded? Or do I need to do it by hand (using Audacity)?
posted by ao4047 to Computers & Internet (1 answer total)

You may be able to use gramofile to split the tracks at the quiet bits then rejoin the non silent wavs.
The problem you may find is that the tracks then run right into each other so the manual method may be best.

If you like audacity you may also want to take a look at rezound . I have been playing with both for minidisc recorded sound and find them equally useful.
posted by stuartmm at 9:14 AM on June 29, 2004