How to Trim Audio in Audacity | Audio Editing in Audacity

[@MikeRussell]

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[@shiva1672]

It takes a lot of time for me to extract the correct audio from my recorded audio, please tell me any method so that I can go bad voice quickly and save the correct audio please help me...😕

[@toddp-e5x]

I can't find the time shift 2 arrows button to move my trimmed selection

[@Metalwrath2]

To those who don't want to waste 3 minutes: - Select part that you want to trim with your mouse - Edit -> Remove Special -> Trim Audio Thats it.

[@BartvG88]

How do you cut out your selection instead of trimming everything but the selection?

[@peterSobieraj]

@@BartvG88 press delete on your keyboard

[@peterSobieraj]

Unfortunately it's not. You still need to shift it in time. If you wont then after exporting you gona have some time of silence before actual music starts.

[@accidental_relevance]

@@peterSobieraj which seems odd to me. With other editing type programs I've used when you delete something what left becomes the beginning. But maybe there is a practical usage of this feature.

[@peterSobieraj]

​@@accidental_relevance At first it seem odd to me as well. But I think it does make sense once you start workin with many tracks (like layers in photoshop and gimp). Let's say that you have audo where you are reading / telling a storry. And then there are few tracks where you add some efects, like thunderbolt sound, opening door sound, foot steps sound, etc. And let's say that once you done that you listen to it, you find out that in file with tunderbolt there were few thunderbolts instead of one. So you cut out all tunderbolts except for one. If you do that you don't want all other sounde effect to move in time. You want them to stay where they are becasue they are sync with the story. So I understand thet there is use for that, but still it's a annoying to do shift every time when you work with only 1 track. Also I found a way to do that with few keyboard presses: Ctrl+T, Ctrl+X, Home, Ctrl+V.

[@Pamlg]

I want to thank you for creating this. I think I come back to it every 4 months when I need to trim an audio clip - I rarely use the program. Please don't ever take this video down lolol

[@kristiannorden2006]

u scare me

[@toc1409]

lolol

[@lilkilliee]

I didn't know Tintin had a youtube channel. Thanks my dude...the video helped.

[@mightysam4059]

when hes playing the acapellas it always makes me laugh. Hes so pleased with himself.

[@Postdisclosureworld]

lol

[@saunders_daniel]

lmao same

[@dynahzm]

totally best audio watermark lol

[@thebardsdungeon]

Thank you, I often go years between needing to use this program, and I always forget how to use it, so thank you for a straight to the point, no-nonsense how to video, very grateful!

[@MikeRussell]

You're welcome!

[@moroniafrifa614]

Great tutorial, simple and straight to the point! 👍👍

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you 👍

[@victorcercasin]

A breath of fresh air to see a tutorial that goes straight to the point. Good stuff

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks, I'm glad you found the tutorial concise and helpful!

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

SO EASY! Was teaching today, found your video and quickly cropped it during class. You're the BEST!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks so much for your kind words Arsenio 😃

[@TechGently]

This is fantastic, I'm trimming down Samples for my Circuit Tracks (Novation) as the ones I find are way too long, so for example if a sample goes at 20 seconds that's less samples I can upload to my Synth which has a storage limit. This general overview was very clear.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks

[@NR-110]

Other people posting "how to" videos should take a look at yours and learn how to do it clearly and concisely. Great work - many thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you.

[@Macheako]

I've been in computers almost my entire life. And nobody, and I mean NOBODY, gives back to the community like the everyday people who use these products. Thank you.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@ggeorge3219]

Got me started in the right direction, Thanx. It's about time to down load the latest version of Audacity.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@drtybrd23]

I appreciate the quick content, straight to the point. I will be back to check out more!!!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful - looking forward to having you back for more audio editing tips in the future!

[@kingiamlacosta1911]

Best tutorial ever. I need this cause i be wanting to trim part out and line-it up with my song. Other people made it seem so difficult. Thanks mike Russell

[@Ritzmar]

Thank you Mike. Oh, that all tutorials were so clear, to the point; and in a version of English which EVERYONE can understand. Cheers!

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you

[@billmillerflip]

I'm glad I took the time to research and watch your video. I was about ready to abandon the project, because I could not figure out how to simply cut audio.

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@magictj2]

Thanks! This was perfect. Clear instructions and concise.

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad you found the instructions clear and concise.

[@crystalfemmes7253]

My favorite information videos. Short and to the point. Thank you for the help!

[@MikeRussell]

You’re welcome

[@bccabernet]

Very Informative: Clear and concise. It worked like a charm and I learnt something new. Cheers.

[@BarbaraCoutinho]

:/ I wanna trim/cut various times on a speech audio line... how can I edit the silents parts of speech? thanks!

[@peterSobieraj]

If you want to just get rid of silent part, then select 1 silent part, and press delete on your keyboard, and do the same with another one, and so on.

[@daibando9893]

Excellent! Came looking a quick answer and found your concise video. I wish more of YT help was like this. Subscribed.

[@MikeRussell]

Glad you liked it, keep an eye out as we release new Audacity videos

[@valmarievanzyl2790]

Hi Mike! Thank you very much for sharing these tips, they are really helpful. Can I please ask for your assistance? I have a mp3 file with hand clapping inside the audio playing over a piece of music, and I need to delete the hand clapping within this mp3 file without editing any of the music or damaging any of the music. Could you please show me how to do that by using Audacity? Thank you kindly in advance.

[@MikeRussell]

Hi there! I'm glad you found the tips helpful. To remove the hand clapping from your mp3 file without affecting the music, you can utilize Audacity's noise removal tool to isolate and eliminate specific frequencies.

[@tonywharton5220]

Thanks for this. Couldn't find a simple answer anywhere 😃

[@MikeRussell]

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[@micanikko]

you have no idea how this came in clutch for my project! thanks for this!

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@imperion8238]

Cheers mate. Simple, straight to the point tutorial.

[@Nicholas-XXXXXXXX]

cheers

[@kyeh4551]

Thank you! I am new to Audacity, I am sure I will learn a lot from you about using Audacity.

[@MikeRussell]

I'm sure you will. Have fun learning

[@dynamism_1991]

Thanks mate, this video is very helpful

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful!

[@nicholasjohnson6279]

thank you! I found a song for a villain in my d&d game, but there was this middle part that really didn't fit. Never used audio editing software before today.

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped

[@vincentrathlane2568]

thanks a lot brother, i learned something new today? and i already hit a subscribe button. god bless you.🙏❤

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you

[@nobah8131]

Thank you for being competent and to the point. Very good video.

[@peterSobieraj]

Is there some keyboard shortcut to automaticly shift audio to begining ? I have lot of audio parts to export from 1 big file, and it's time consuming to do time shift for every single one of them.

[@peterSobieraj]

I'm answer my own question. To do that you press: Ctrl+T, Ctrl+X, Home, Ctrl+V.

[@MikeRussell]

Glad you found the answer.

[@jayceejm]

2016 vid still serving us well in 2022. thanks Mike

[@MikeRussell]

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[@stacyho4961]

super helpful and efficient thank you so much!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@Jayrabian]

One of the most helpful tutorials I have ever watched! Thanks a ton good sir =]

[@SheliStevensSinger]

short and sweet and to the point! exactly what I needed. Thanks :)

[@MikeRussell]

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[@xt2607]

TO THE POINT?????????????????

[@TheRageist]

I keep coming back to this video to relearn how to do it, thanks

[@MikeRussell]

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[@ilaganshy]

This is very informative. It helps me fixing my audio! You're awesome!

[@MikeRussell]

Great to hear!

[@kunjramdevputra3697]

Thank you Dude! 🙏🫂

[@MikeRussell]

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[@bluefilmsltd]

Mike how do you bring back audio that you've trimmed?????

[@rmhutchins7]

I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!

[@mecrajib]

Thanks brother, it has been useful.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks Rajib

[@MaverickLingo]

Thank you so much. Super helpful. :)

[@MikeRussell]

You’re welcome

[@MattSchmidtQH]

Wow thanks for making this so easy

[@MikeRussell]

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[@mharmega7147]

Excellent tuto ! clear and efficient

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that you found the tutorial helpful and easy to follow.

[@hopefullyApro]

what microphone are you using to record your voice, its not visible but sounds very well

[@MikeRussell]

Pretty sure it was Heil PR40 for this.

[@PaysChannel]

Thanks for this, this was the first video I clicked on and it was exactly what I was looking for.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@serkan7072]

​@@MikeRussell Thanks for making 10 seconds video 3 mins

[@appletree9843]

Should I download a music trimmer app ?

[@fahadreda3060]

Thanks , Really Helpful, WOREKD LIKE A CHARM!

[@MikeRussell]

Yay!

[@charlestonreikiwellbe-ingc4611]

Hi, I followed your steps exactly, but when I go to Edit> Remove Special, the only option available for me to click on is "Silence Audio"! The others are grayed out. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

[@asimplepie2279]

same. I've done exactly what he does and yet it can only silence audio. My luck.

[@queenjulia324]

I had this same problem too. Thankfully, with a bit of having no clue what I was doing and fiddling around with things, I found that when you silence the audio that you don't want, it then lets you trim it. Hope this helps!

[@trinitron384]

Straight to the point and quick. Thank you!

[@telosfd]

Nice and clear. I just looking to trim space between two songs or applause!

[@avatheweirdkid9051]

what app is that

[@MikeRussell]

That's Audacity, a free audio editor

[@avatheweirdkid9051]

@@MikeRussell thx

[@Ibo2630]

hi. i try to export my music but it say "audacity have to use lame_enc.dll to create connection to mp3 files or something like that. i have downloaded the dll folder and put it in but still the same problem pls help

[@addis1004]

Follow the directions on this site. Scroll down for LAME. manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_and_updating_audacity_on_windows.html

[@littlewan6001]

it means the music you are trying to export is lame, dont do it bro

[@AndroidGameCoder]

One shouldn't have to a google search for instructions on the most basic thing in sound manipulation, editing down a track. Alas user interfaces seem inherently unintuitive, even in Audacity

[@MikeRussell]

On the flip side we all start everything with either no or little knowledge and have to learn somehow.

[@zengalileo]

There are many reasons to watch a video on something you already know how to do but are looking to broaden your knowledge. But there's no reason to be a twat.

[@musical_lolu4811]

​@@zengalileohe's not being a so-called twat. If you could read properly you would have noticed he specifically lamented the problem of the unintuitive nature of the application.

[@diravello9609]

Straight to the point, thanks.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@DKC999]

Low key vibing to these acapellas

[@MikeRussell]

Nice.

[@Marginal391]

Thanks a lot. Very helpful indeed :-).

[@MikeRussell]

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[@philipyiu556]

Thanks! it's Great to know how to do it

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[@Postdisclosureworld]

You're legend.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks

[@JasonAndrewsUK]

No time shift tool in the version I have which I downloaded today.... ?

[@melquizedec]

what about if I wanna actual CUT the track in several pieces? I dont see a tool to do that

[@mrenie]

mine the same here

[@k2wo_]

go to edit then remove special then split cut

[@bryantraywick6783]

@@k2wo_ Why is the number one thing anyone probably wants to do with audio in a sub menu....

[@peterSobieraj]

@@bryantraywick6783 There is shourtcut icon for it next to paste icon. No need to go inside menu at all.

[@phanhnguphap]

You are so funny :))) Thanks for your guidance. It's very helpful.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@MaverickLingo]

By the way, which mike are you using for your audio here?

[@Flying_Lexus]

Great refresher. Thanks.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@rumahidecreativehouse1878]

very helpful. thank you very much

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks!

[@ali_haq20]

Very helpful video, thanks a million!

[@MikeRussell]

A pleasure!

[@petzzz5900]

Rizwan abe saale

[@kaellingen]

Thanks for this tutorial! I really can use it!

[@Bathmman]

helped a lot, soo easy, ty

[@MikeRussell]

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[@chloenash21x]

you are the real queen here

[@ChevySS1968]

Thank you , great vid

[@MikeRussell]

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[@vonijoe]

I created a CHAIN (formerly a macro?) to trim silence from both start and end of a song; that was easy enough. But then I tried to apply the chain to multiple files, but it didn't seem to do anything. Is it because different files require different settings, particularly the Threshold (dB) one? Thanks for the vid.

[@robertgreen1404]

How can I hear the audio when moving cursor manually along timeline please?

[@jared6468]

I need help. If you use video editing software then it would totally help me. So what I want to do is drag the end of the audio clip and restore the previously trimmed parts, is it possible with audacity?

[@Ukasha_]

i wanted to learn how to selection multiple sections within the same track in audacity

[@Nekrozys]

Short and clear. Thanks.

[@thanos879]

Coming from FL Studio, what I really needed to know was, you cannot make edits while the audio is playing in Audacity. PRESS STOP first then you can edit.

[@fishcrabs7898]

Thank you so much, this tutorial was indeed helpful...

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks so much, Bobby! :)

[@accidental_relevance]

So after the sound is moved to the beginning using the time shift function the remaining "tail" will not be uploaded as dead air, yes ?

[@MikeRussell]

If the tail doesn't delete you can always perform a manual delete when you've finished trimming the audio. Look out for new Audacity videos coming soon

[@superfuntoysandsongs662]

thanks man! cool and simple.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@AngelaR47]

Worked great. Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@j.l.320]

Thanks for this!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@rfc1526]

Thanks, this help greatly.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@exc_creeper]

Thanks it helped me!!

[@mihirnaidu4392]

U are just perfect bro

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you

[@Xizilqou]

thank you, I used this to trim my descending shepard tone into a loop.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@NiteSek4804]

Trim doesn't work in special. It seems to be grayed out for me. Even after I used the "I" tool to select the portion I want to keep.

[@MikeRussell]

It should work as long as file is not read only and you're on latest Audacity.

[@NiteSek4804]

@@MikeRussell NM. I figured it out. I think the PC itself was just acting janky. I rebooted the pc, updated my drivers, & restarted Audacity & now it does what it's supposed to do. Thanx dude. Great informative vid. Keep doing what your doing mate 😊

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks so much 😃

[@KabukeeJo]

This video will help you right up to where you need to use the Time Shift Tool. That is now gone. Sadly, Audacity doesn't automatically move the clip the beginning. You will need to find a new video tutorial to fix that part.

[@MikeRussell]

Sadly, features change meaning need for a new video in the future. Thanks!

[@simonamorrison7862]

@@MikeRussell This is where I am stuck! Is there a new video for the time-shift?

[@xatov2138]

your voice is really good

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you

[@mightysam4059]

thanks so much dude youre epic bro!!!!!!!!!

[@iannnavas]

2:03 Time shift tool apparently does not exist on Audacity new version :) Can you tell me what is the shortcut of that tool please? I've found a new way to move the audio to the start of the track, but it would be interesting to know what is the shortcut for that tool! Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

Check the new Audacity videos on the channel for the latest version of the software

[@virch1017]

the trim button is grayed out, and out let me click, help!

[@malaven11]

thanks mike :)

[@MikeRussell]

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[@juleshammond5652]

The lovely selection tool?

[@GBPhilip]

Agreed how do you select, the fundamental part required and just skipped over

[@Trunkdunkerton]

perfectly explained. deserving of my like!

[@MikeRussell]

Awesome, thanks so much!

[@bestgamer69]

Thank you so much!

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[@MusicManFan50]

There is no time shift tool beginning with version 3.1.3.

[@MarcMarioMaster]

Is it possible to somehow pull on the sides of the trimmed clip and that way get the parts of the complete track back? Like you got the middle acapella bit at 2:01 and you for example just decide that you want the middle and third version both. I am asking because I don't want to use undo and be more flexible.

[@MikeRussell]

Yes, in Audacity, you can use the Time Shift tool to move trimmed clips around and adjust the selection without using the undo function, allowing for more flexibility in editing!

[@MarcMarioMaster]

@@MikeRussellI'm sorry but perhaps there was a misunderstanding. I wasn't referring on how to move clips around. 1. I have the complete track and I select a section 2. I delete it 3. Can I now somehow take the remainder and extend the end part by pulling on the right side to extend it further towards the previous clip? Or would it be right away possible to take the original clip and push on one side to steadily remove from said clip without the traditional trimming? I haven't edited in a while and all I used years back was an old magix movie maker program where you had timelines and could just cut anywhere, move clips like puzzle pieces and add and take from them as I described without having to switch between several tools all the time.

[@chrisk8208]

Liked and subbed with thanks.

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you

[@sebastiandiazmarulanda3919]

you are an absolute legend