"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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In article Lduse.72664$xm3.64513@attbi_s21 writes:

Detecting pauses (by level) is no problem. You could even set how long
the
pause would have to be to be considered a true pause.

And just how would you do that?

Simple. Just set a threshold and how long it has to stay below that
threshold to be considered a true pause. Soundforge does this already (Auto
Region is what they call it). It just doesn't do it exactly like this guy
wants (it won't let you "search back" a single phrase for example).

Do you know of a DAW program that can
detect and mark periods of silence? I know that it can be done
dynamically (like the auto ID markers on a DAT or real time CD
recorder) but I don't recall running into that function in a DAW
program - but then I'm no walking compendium of DAW features.


I don't know of any programs that do exactly what he wants either. But it's
such a specific thing he wants that nobody else really seems to want so it
doesn't surprise me that the feature doesn't exist.

It seems that I've heard about some CD construction programs that can
do that, but I can't think of which. Generally the pauses have to be
longer than the pause between sentences though. Otherwise you'd get
hundreds of markers where you don't want them. When I record a live
show to DAT or CD, I always turn off the auto-index function and
insert them manually when I can remember to do it.

Right. As I said Soundforge already does this. Basically it's just like a
compressor's detection circuit. It even includes attack and release. But the
point you bring up about pause length is why I told him unless he speaks
like a robot with some kind of precise meter and pauses of equal length (who
would want to listen to that???) it's invariably going to miss a pause he
wanted or jump to the wrong one. Either way he's going to have to stop and
make sure he's at the right place before he continues so this way would
actually take longer than the manual marker idea.