Audacity: remove or trim dead air

Goal

The goal is not to remove every pause. The goal is to review whether a flagged silent section sounds intentional, then trim only what hurts the listening experience.

Suggested workflow

• Zoom into the silent region and listen to the transition before and after it.
• Check whether the silence comes from a missing clip, bad edit or natural pause.
• Trim conservatively so the pacing still sounds human.
• Export the file and run another AudioLinter analysis afterwards.

Common mistake

Editors often remove too much silence after seeing a warning. That can make a host sound unnaturally rushed, so always review by ear instead of treating silence as automatically wrong.