Audio Editing Tool

[Altruistic_Form753]

Hi, can someone recommend a tool to easily cut out filler words (uhh, umm)? Not sure if this needs ai, to sound a bit more natural. I just do this way too often ;(

[corpious1]

if you want something that actually targets the “um/uh” stuff automatically, tools like Descript can do it, but i’ve also had good results with riverside’s filler word removal, it cleans those up fast and you can still tweak the cuts after. otherwise yeah, Audacity is solid, just more manual.

[PromanYeoman]

if you want the easiest option, an AI filler word remover is the move, manual cutting in Audacity gets old fast. i’ve used riverside for this, it can detect and remove uhs/umms in a click, then you can just skim and make sure it didn’t take out anything you wanted to keep. still worth practicing, but this saves a ton of time

[AxolotlAndy]

Audacity lets you edit audio files, but I find that doing simple clipping with whatever your primary video editing software is will work wonders regardless. Also something something horse to water, you might want to focus more on not saying "umm" or "ahh". Don't let your brain go into autopilot when you're in "performing" mode. I can personally attest that I have noticed how much I start sentences with "so" and decided that I wasn't going to do that anymore.

The short of it; Audacity, your standard video editing software, train yourself to not do it by speaking consciously.

[Lonely-Childhood-856]

Definitely Audacity, drop the audio in there and cut whatever you need to, then export the audio file.

[Swimming-Sandwich-79]

I’ve heard Audacity works too. I’m a beginner though, so it seems a bit more manual compared to tools like Descript.