Remove silence in Premiere Pro automatically
Frame-accurate silence detection that tightens long-form footage in seconds. No more selecting clips, hitting Q, holding Shift, hoping you didn't drift out of sync.
Built for the way editors actually work
EditBuddy reads the audio on your active sequence, finds the dead air, and ripple-deletes it without breaking your linked clips, captions, or B-roll.
Frame-accurate detection
Threshold and minimum gap length are configurable. Defaults match a podcast / talking-head workflow — long enough to keep natural pacing, short enough to feel tight.
Multi-clip aware
Works on timelines with dozens of clips from different source files. Each cut is mapped back to the correct source media frame.
Backup sequence first
A backup labeled "— Backup" is duplicated before any destructive edit. One click to revert.
Safe with B-roll & captions
The pipeline preserves a time-remap table so subsequent steps (B-roll, captions, zoom keyframes) stay aligned to the trimmed timeline.
Noise-aware
Mouth clicks, breaths, and lip smacks below the noise threshold are detected and removed alongside true silence.
Runs locally
Audio analysis happens on your machine via FFmpeg. Your footage never leaves your computer for silence detection.
How it works
Four steps from "raw footage" to "tight timeline." Most users finish a 30-minute interview in under two minutes.
Open the panel
Window → Extensions → EditBuddy. The panel docks like any other Premiere panel.
Pick your sequence
Activate the timeline you want to clean. EditBuddy reads V1 and the connected audio track.
Click Auto Edit
Silence detection runs first in the pipeline. You'll see a progress indicator with the number of cuts queued.
Review & refine
Cuts land on the timeline. Tweak the threshold and re-run, or move on to retakes, captions, B-roll.
Stop ripple-deleting silence by hand
Try EditBuddy free — one Auto Edit on a 3-min clip. No credit card. Installs as a Premiere Pro panel in under a minute.
Install FreeFrequently asked questions
How does EditBuddy remove silence in Premiere Pro?
It analyzes the audio waveform on your active sequence, detects gaps below a configurable dB threshold, and ripple-deletes them. Video and linked audio stay in sync because cuts are committed via Premiere's own ExtendScript host, not by editing the project file.
Does it work with multi-clip timelines?
Yes. EditBuddy walks every clip on V1, maps each silent region back to its source media, and rebuilds the sequence so cuts land on the correct media frames — even when clips come from different files.
Will it cut my breaths or natural pauses?
You control the threshold and minimum gap length. Defaults are tuned to keep natural pacing — typically gaps shorter than 0.5s are preserved. Breaths that are clearly noise (mouth clicks, lip smacks) are removed by the noise pass.
Is the original sequence preserved?
Yes. EditBuddy duplicates your sequence with the suffix "— Backup" before any destructive edit. Revert any time by switching back to the backup sequence.
Which Premiere Pro versions are supported?
Premiere Pro 2022 (22.x) and newer on Windows and macOS. The extension installs as a CEP panel.
Does silence removal use AI or my API key?
No. Silence detection is fully local using FFmpeg. AI is only used for downstream steps you opt into — retake detection, B-roll prompts, etc. — and the keys for those are managed by EditBuddy, not you.
Keep going
Silence removal is the first step in EditBuddy's pipeline. Stack the rest to finish a video end-to-end.