On the Timeline
Room Tone and Absolute Silence Make Different Gaps
Compare a speech edit with its surrounding ambience and listen for a sudden change in the room sound before shortening every pause.
Sound, carefully considered
Speech editing
On the Timeline
A Noise Gate Cannot Know Which Quiet Sound You Wanted to Keep
Understand a noise gate as a level-based process, and check soft words and phrase endings before assuming quieter gaps mean a better recording.