Instead of Deleting Umms You Could…

Silence them! It’s as easy as highlighting the umm and then silencing or muting that selection. Then, to ensure that the silent space is not too long or awkward-sounding, you could delete about half of that silent space.

*Beware: If the audio you’re editing has significant background noise, creating a small space of silence may stick out like a sore thumb and actually be more distracting than a regular umm. In such cases you may want to simply delete the umm, or replace the umm with some “room tone.”

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