The Find/Repair tool searches for clicks and pops, volume levels, silent breaks, or clipping in an audio file and repair your audio.
Click the Find/Replace tool in the bottom pane.
If the Find /Repair tool is not visible, you can select the Show or hide the bottom pane button or choose View > Find/Repair. For more information, see "Arranging editing views."
Click the Find button at the top of the tool pane.
Chose a preset from the drop-down list or adjust the controls in the dialog box to specify what you want to find.
Choose a setting from the Find drop-down list to specify the type of data you want to find and select:
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Clicks and pops are unwanted sounds often found on worn records or on audio tape as a result of poor splicing, and they are seen as sharp glitches in the normal curve of a waveform. The glitch search algorithm looks at a waveform, starting at the cursor position, and determines when a glitch occurs based on the Threshold slope and Sensitivity settings. The cursor is then moved to the detected glitch to allow for further editing. You can use the Pencil tool |
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Finds the next point after the cursor position when the waveform reaches the level specified by the Threshold level fader. |
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Moves the cursor to the end of the next silent break. Adjust the Threshold level fader to determine the sound level that will be treated as silence. |
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Moves the cursor to the next largest peak amplitude. Searches progress from the current cursor position forward. To find the largest peak in a file, set the cursor to the beginning of the sound file or select all data before processing. |
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Detects clipping and adds a marker to identify each clip. Drag the Threshold fader to determine the sound level you want to find. Set a value in the Clip length box to specify how many sequential samples must meet the Threshold setting to constitute clipping. Select the Use true peaks check box if you want to detect clipping of true peaks in dB FS for loudness measurements. |
Click the Find/Replace tool in the bottom pane.
If the Find /Repair tool is not visible, you can select the Show or hide the bottom pane button or choose View > Find/Repair. For more information, see "Arranging editing views."
Click the Find button at the top of the tool pane to create a selection containing the type of audio you want to repair.
Click the Repair button at the top of the tool pane.
Choose a radio button to specify the repair method you want to use:
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The selected audio is interpolated based on the data at the beginning and end of the selection. The beginning and end of the selection are connected with a straight line. This function is useful for repairing small glitches or clicks when the selection is very small (less than 2 ms in most cases). Use this method when a straight connect-the-dots technique is all that is required to remove the glitch. Otherwise, you may create another glitch. |
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The selected audio is replaced with the data preceding the selection, and the edges of the replaced audio are crossfaded to prevent glitching. For most cases, the selection should be between 5 and 50 milliseconds. |
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The audio in the unselected channel is used to replace the current selection. A very short crossfade is applied to prevent glitching. If the glitch still exists, apply the function to a bigger selection surrounding the glitch. This ensures that the crossfade has ended by the time the glitch occurs. This function works only with stereo files when both channels contain similar audio material and the unselected channel does not contain a glitch. |
Click the Repair selection button.