How can I trim silence from all regions in a single track at one time?

How can I trim silence from all regions in a single track at one time? I have a track that is already split. I'd like to trim silence from all regions at once. If I select all regions, press ctrl-X (or select split, trim silence from the menu), then the dialog that comes up says "1 Region" and if I hit OK it only trims the first region that I have selected. There HAS to be a way to do this. Trimming each region one at a time is going to take FOREVER.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Jan 11, 2025 01:38 PM

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Jan 11, 2025 04:53 PM in response to LumberjackDrummer78

drag click and select the regions you want (or hold shift and click the ones you want to select). If you can to cut them all at the same time point (e.g Bar 4 of the track), move your play head to e.g bar 4 then press Cmd+T. T is trim :) then select the end of the regions and delete them.


If you want to shorten them all by the same amount of time but they're not all at the same time mark, just drag them by the end of the region to make them smaller :)

Jan 12, 2025 02:21 AM in response to LumberjackDrummer78

Assuming you’re happy with your edits, the easiest way is to select all regions, then join them (“J”) - making one continuous region - prior to Trim Silence (ctrl-X). (You might want to copy the regions to another track, so that you can revert if any of your edits are off).


Be sure not to make the trim edits too tight to the audio - better to leave a small gap then add fades. (If you’ve a lot of background noise, eg. headphone spill or guitar amp noise, it can sound a little abrupt without fades).


That being said… sometimes the manual approach (region by region) is often better, as you can see more what trim silence is actually doing. With shortcuts, it’s often quicker than you might imagine too :)

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