Audio Trimmer

An audio trimmer that runs in your browser. It decodes the audio, keeps the part between the times you give, and saves it as a WAV. WAV is uncompressed, so nothing is lost in the cut. Compress it afterwards if you need a smaller file.

Is the sound inside a video? Pull it out with Video to MP3 first. To cut the video itself, use the Video Cutter.

  • No account
  • No watermark
  • No file limit
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    What this tool does for you

    The parts worth knowing before you start.

    Sample-accurate, and WAV in means WAV out

    Cut points land on exact samples, and a WAV keeps its original sample rate. Compressed input has to be decoded by the browser first, and that step is not reversible.

    Works on what your browser can play

    Because the audio trimmer in your browser uses the browser's own decoder, it opens MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG and anything else your browser already knows how to decode.

    No length cap

    Nothing is transferred by an audio trimmer in your browser, so a two-hour recording is as welcome as a two-minute one. The only limit is what your own machine can hold.

    Recordings stay private

    Interviews, voice notes and meeting recordings often contain things that should not be handed to a server. With an audio trimmer in your browser, they never are.

    How to use Audio Trimmer

    Choose an audio file.

    Enter the start and end time in seconds. Leave the end at 0 to run to the end of the file.

    Press Start: the audio trimmer in your browser cuts the file, then download the WAV.

    When people use it

    Making a ringtone

    Use the audio trimmer to take the thirty seconds you actually want out of a full track.

    Cutting the dead air off a recording

    Voice memos usually start and end with fumbling. Trim both ends.

    Pulling a quote out of an interview

    Extract the section you need to send to someone without sharing the whole recording.

    Questions about Audio Trimmer

    Why is the output a WAV and not an MP3?

    WAV is uncompressed, so the cut adds no further loss. If you need a smaller file, compress the WAV afterwards.

    The WAV is much bigger than my MP3. Is that normal?

    Yes. WAV stores the audio uncompressed, roughly ten times the size of an MP3.

    Which formats can I open?

    Whatever your browser can decode, which covers MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV and OGG on current browsers.

    Is my audio uploaded?

    No. This is an audio trimmer in your browser: decoding and cutting both happen on your own machine.

    How precise is the cut?

    To the sample. The times you type are converted to exact sample positions.

    Is this audio trimmer free?

    Yes. The audio trimmer runs in your browser, so there is no account, no watermark and no length limit set by us. You choose the start and end in seconds, press Start, and the trimmed part is saved as a WAV. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no server time to pay for and nothing to delete afterwards.

    How do I cut an MP3 without uploading it?

    Choose the MP3, type the start and end in seconds, and press Start. Your browser decodes the file and copies out the samples between those two points, then hands you a WAV. None of this goes over the network. The file is read from your disk and the result is written by the page itself, so there is nothing on a server to delete afterwards.

    Can I type the time as minutes, like 1:30?

    No. Both boxes take seconds, so 1:30 is 90 and 2:05 is 125. You can use tenths of a second, for example 12.5, when a cut has to land between two words. Leave the end at 0 and the clip runs to the end of the file. If you type an end time past the end of the track, the cut simply stops at the last sample.

    Can I remove a section from the middle of a song?

    Not in one go. The audio cutter keeps one stretch, the part between your start and end, and drops everything outside it. If you want the beginning and the end without the middle, this tool will give you each of those as its own WAV, but it has no way to join them back together.

    Does the WAV keep the sample rate of my file?

    For a WAV, yes. The page reads the rate from the file header and decodes at that rate, so a 44.1 kHz file stays 44.1 kHz. For MP3, M4A and other compressed audio it cannot see the original rate before decoding, so the browser decodes at its default rate, often 48 kHz. Stereo stays stereo either way, and the WAV is written as 16-bit.

    Can I trim several audio files at once?

    Yes. Add them all and the same start and end times are applied to each one. Every file gets its own row with its own status, and the results come back as one zip, each named after the original with -cut.wav on the end. If a file is shorter than your start time, that row says the range does not work and the rest still go through.

    Why does a long recording take a while before the cut is ready?

    The audio cutter decodes the whole file first, from start to finish, and only then copies out the part you asked for. Turning a two-hour MP3 into raw audio takes your browser a moment and a fair amount of memory, even if you only want ten seconds of it. Wait for the row to say Done before you decide it has stuck.

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