Lesson 20

20. How to Create Silence in Audacity

Resource Type:

Tutorial Video

Duration:

3 minutes

Outcomes:

Learners are expected to:

SO 4.1.            demonstrate how to delete and silent a portion of a sound sample within an audio track

Suggested Evaluation:

Instructors may choose to observe learners complete this task as the evaluation method.

Procedure:

To Silence Audio select the sound you want to remove by using the Selection tool.  Next go EDIT -> REMOVE AUDIO -> SILENCE AUDIO.

Creating silence is a great feature in Audacity. Making a sound silent is similar to deleting, but unlike deleting, when you use Silence Audio the remainder of the track is unchanged.

Selecting and deleting sound is something you will use often in Audacity. When you find a piece of sound that you would like to remove first choose your Selection tool.  Click and drag the Selection tool over the portion of the waveform you want to remove. Press your DELETE key.