Easily trim down long-form audio files to just the segments you need with Descript's audio trimmer. Remove filler and cut audio down to only the best sound bites. Start trimming audio faster with text-based editing and one-click AI edits to give your audio content a polished sound—your listeners will thank you.
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Bring your audio file into a Descript project by dragging and dropping it in, or record new audio directly in Descript. Once your audio is imported, Descript will generate a transcript including wordless media like sounds and pauses, and prepare it for trimming and editing.
You can cut and trim parts of your audio by simply highlighting the section in the transcript and pressing the backspace key. That’s it. Just trim down intros, remove unwanted sections, and tighten your audio content by making your edits in the transcript. To edit a specific clip while preserving the original audio, highlight and right-click to duplicate a selection to a new composition.
When you're happy with your trimmed audio, simply export it by hitting the Publish button. You can download your new audio file, publish it to a supported platform like Podbean, or share or embed it anywhere as a Descript web link.
Trim MP3, WAV, M4A audio and more with ease
Descript supports trimming of all the most common audio formats, including WAV, MP3, AAC, AIFF, M4A, and FLAC. Descript can also edit video files, allowing you to extract audio from video to trim and edit.
Enhance audio and repair rough cuts with AI
Add professional polish to your trimmed audio files using Descript's audio enhancement tools. Reduce background noise, normalize volume, compress dynamic range, and more—in seconds. One-click Regenerate smooths out audio at the seams to make your cuts magically disappear.
Edit audio as fast as deleting text
Trimming audio in Descript is as easy as highlighting text and hitting backspace on your keyboard. Quickly remove unwanted pauses, filler words, and irrelevant tangents to tighten up your podcasts, interviews, and more.
Descript is an AI-powered editing suite for audio and video that enables intuitive editing like a document.
PodcastingProduce your podcast episodes end-to-end, from scripting to recording to editing to publishing.
TranscriptionAutomatic transcripts generated allow you to easily find and trim audio to get the best sound bites from interviews, speeches, and discussions.
Studio soundGive your podcasts and music professional studio quality polish with AI.
A multi-track timeline makes it simple to trim and edit overlapping audio elements like voice, music, and sound effects.Multi-track editor
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"This tool saves literally thousands of hours. I can't believe how far this technology has come in such a short span of time."
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Incredible features
"Descript is an amazing timeline and text-based editor with some incredible features.I love the timeline editor and the ability to do multi-track editing very quickly."
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"I am new to video content creation and found narration and editing challenging... it cut my work time by more than half and significantly improved quality."
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