[idea] Delete all silences!

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I really loved the improvements implemented in the audio transcription of the new version 23.4 , and it gave me an idea that could improve it even more!!
Now that the tool is smart enough to identify moments of silence, it would be awesome to have a button that could delete all moments of silence from the timeline!!

The current version has already greatly streamlined the process! The fact of being able to select each silence and delete them, made tasks that used to take me 30min, to be done in 5! But something that made it automatic in 1 single click, could reduce it to seconds!!

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Freddy38408389urel

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In version 24.6, there is the option to remove voice silences, but not audio silences. For example, I am editing a piano course, and when using the transcription tool, it is also removing the piano sounds and that does not help me much. This also happens to those who edit video game videos. I would like to know if there is a native way within the program that allows you to remove silences without taking the voice into account.

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Stan Jones

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@rafaelsouzams,

There are 2 types of silences: pauses in dialogue, and the absence of sound. I assumed, when you said, "have a button that could delete all moments of silence from the timeline!!" you meant the second type.

But now, I think you are just missing the "Delete all" option for pause/dialogue silence. (I think the is what Kes is pointing to.) In 24.1.0, when you filter by pauses, you see "pauses" greyed out in the search box and a dot on the filter to show it is filtered. The Delete button is a toggle for Delete operations. (Image 1 below.) When you click on it, you then see, to the right, a Delete All and a Delete (single) button. To delete all silences (pauses) in a single operation, just use the Delete all. (Image 2 below.) Not the Extract and Lift options you can choose.

Stan