After Remove Silence function, how do I move all clips next to each other automatically?

[Maks Žbogar]

I am new to Cakewalk (comming from Logic) and would like to know how do I move separate clips next to each other after silence removal function? We use this in our radio production every day many times and in Logic it is as simple as selecting all clips and then function "Shuffle Left" puts first clip at 0:00 and then next clip right at the end of the first clip, and then the third clip right next to the end of second clip and so on.

Now I have to do it manually and it is painfully slow in Cakewalk.

First I record speech, then I do my Remove Silence function (see the screenshots), then I have to move every clip next to each other manually. There must be some functions in a Cakewalk which would do the same as Logic's "Shuffle  Left", right?

Thank you for all the replies and suggestions.

Kindest Regards, Maks

Edited July 8 by Maks Žbogar

[Glenn Stanton]

what works is if you split out and select all the silence sections, then turn on ripple edit for selection, then delete the silences. then quickly turn off the ripple edit before doing anything else.

[mettelus]

That is a manual function though; the OP is looking for automatic removal I think. I forget now if Cakewalk can do it automatically though (I use. Audition for this and not at a computer to check). When editing dialogue that has any great length to it, the automatic saves a LOT of time.

[Glenn Stanton]

understood, i've never seen a "shuffle" type of function. so on the few times i need to chop up a bunch of audio and re-group it, i just spend some quality time with the mouse and "S" to split it up, select them,  and then ripple edit... it would be nice to have something to compact the remaining audio though. and hopefully someone will come along shortly and point out something that will be more automated... ? 

[mettelus]

I remembered to check this and the only option is either to split clips or not. Splitting let's you grab/move things easier, but it is still a one-by-one thing. Audition has an option to delete silence (leaving length the same) or shortening silence (where you can make the gap a specified length to replicate typical dialogue).

Caveat here, I do not use Audition CC and would not recommend it. Other wav editors or even video editors have this functionality, but you would need to research that feature to see if they have the flexibility you need (specifying silence length is a nice feature to have handy).

[mettelus]

Eye opener for me. Ripple editing out silence as an automatic function (i.e. for dialogue) is not as common as I expected and seems more prevalent in video editors. But even in DaVinci Resolve, that is a paid feature (part of transcriptions) requiring Studio. Logic is actually your best bet to do that part (then you can export that and work in any DAW you choose). If locked to a PC, Reaper is the only DAW that seems to support this (will also do videos) as the cheapest PC alternative. There are also a few websites that will do this for free (just noticed them in passing), but I am hesitant to pass massive files as an upload in that manner (that would depend on your personal preferences and upload speed available).