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Deleting Audio

WireTap Studio's lossless and non-destructive editor can delete unwanted portions of a recording with no loss of quality or audio to the original recording.

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Easily edited fades are automatically added to edited portions of audio to smooth transitions. For more on fades, see Using Fades in the Editor

To Delete a portion of audio:

  1. Select a recording in the library and click on the Edit button, or simply double click the file.
    NOTE: To edit a file not recorded by WireTap Studio go to the File menu and select Open...
  2. Click and drag to select the portion of the audio to be deleted.
  3. part highlighted


  4. Go to the Editor menu and select Delete Audio, click on the Delete button...

    part highlighted

    ...or press the Delete key on your keyboard. The highlighted portion of audio will be removed and fades added to the remaining audio.

  5. part deleted

    A dotted line will indicate where the audio was deleted.

    Drag the fade markers back and forth to increase or decrease the length of the fade.

  6. To view the deleted portion of audio click on the disclosure triangle on top of the waveform. The deleted audio will be displayed in gray to show that is has been deleted, but is still there should you ever want it back.
  7. Use the crop markers below to adjust how much audio is deleted.
  8. undo delete

  9. To undo the edit, click on the disclosure triangle on top of the waveform, mouseover the center of the deleted portion of audio, and click on the restore audio arrow.
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    The deleted portion will be replaced and the fades removed.

  11. To save your changes, either go to the File menu to Save, press command s, or close the recording and click on Save in the dialog presented.

See also

Discover WireTap Studio
The WireTap Studio Editor