Silence Finder and Sound Finder

The following two related "Silence Finder" and "Sound Finder" tools are very useful to label the different songs or sections in a long recording, such as the tracks from an LP or cassette. The labels can contain the name of the album track or audio section, then File > Export Multiple... will export audio files in one process corresponding to each album track or section in the recording. See our tutorial Splitting a recording into separate tracks.

Silence Finder...

Peter 19Nov12: The image was for Silence Finder was incorrect on the Analyze Menu page, it had been replaced with a Sound Finder image; I reverted it.

Silence Finder divides a track up by placing point labels inside areas of silence. Use this if you just want to split the recording into tracks at a specific point without removing the silences between them.

If labels are produced in the middle of tracks, increase the silence level and duration. If some tracks don't have a label between them, reduce the silence level and duration. See Setting Parameters for more help choosing values to place the labels correctly.

Sound Finder...

Sound Finder divides a track up by placing region labels for areas of sound that are separated by silence. Use this to make the labels show the exact region of each track to be exported. This lets you remove some or all of the silence between the tracks.

If any tracks have more than one label, increase the silence level and duration. If any labels extend into other tracks, reduce the silence level and duration.