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Sound Forge processes  
The remainder of this chapter describes the functions located in the Process menu.  
Auto Trim/Crop 
Auto Trim/Crop removes silence from an audio file. In addition, this function automatically fades the endpoints of a phrase. 
Using Auto Trim/Crop 
1. 
Open the Voiceover.pca file. 
2. 
From the Process menu, choose Auto Trim/Crop. The Auto Trim/Crop dialog is displayed. 
3. 
From the Preset drop-down list, choose Phrase Concatenator 1 and click OK. The Auto Trim/Crop function deletes silence in the 
file and creates new regions based on the preset’s parametersFor more information, see 
Auto Trim/Crop controls 
The following controls are located in the Auto Trim/Crop dialog. 
Control 
Description 
Function 
This drop-down list contains five modes: 
•   Keep edges outside of the selection Removes silence within the selection, but retains all data outside of 
the selection. 
•   Remove edges outside of the selection Removes silence within the selection and deletes all data beyond 
the selection. 
•   Remove silence between phrases (creates regions) Removes silence within the selection and creates 
regions from individual phrasesFor more information, see 
•   Remove data beyond loop points Removes all data beyond the selected loop. For more information, see 
•   Remove data from start and limit file length Allows you to specify an amount of sound to be deleted from 
the beginning of each file and specify a maximum length for converted files. If a file is longer than this 
length, it is trimmed. This preset is useful for creating sample clips. 
Attack threshold 
Determines the threshold level for detection of the trim/crop start point: -Inf. indicates complete silence, and 
0 dB indicates maximum amplitude level. 
Release threshold 
Determines the threshold level for detection of the trim/crop end point: -Inf. indicates complete silence, and 
0 dB indicates maximum amplitude level. 
Fade in 
Determines the length (in milliseconds) of the fade applied to a section of audio prior to the detected trim/ 
crop start point. 
Fade out 
Determines the length (in milliseconds) of the fade applied to a section of audio following the detected trim/ 
crop end point. 
PROCESSING AUDIO 
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