Time for action – editing a recorded sound
We're going to delete a section of the sound we recorded in the previous exercise. For example, if you recorded a bunch of dead air at the beginning or end, you can use the following exercise to delete it:
In the Sounds tab, click on your recorded sound to open the sound in the editor.
In the sound editor, highlight the area in the sound recorder that you want to delete by clicking and holding the mouse and then dragging the mouse to select the sound you want to remove.
Before you delete the selection you can listen to it by clicking on the play button in the editor.
From the Edit menu, select Delete. The following screenshot illustrates the process of deleting a section of a sound:
What just happened?
Deleting a section of your recording may be useful, say to trim dead space at the beginning or end of a recording. You can also delete those pesky ums and uhs.
As you can see in the Edit menu, there are several other basic editing options available to...
