How to bleep a word in an audio recording
By Sodaphonic · Updated
Replace a selected word with a bleep or silence in Sodaphonic. Preview the boundaries and export a separate edited recording.
Steps
Open your recording in the editor and listen for the word or sound you want to replace.
Zoom in and drag across the waveform to select the whole word, including its beginning and ending sounds.
Choose Effects → Bleep it. To replace the selection with silence instead, choose Effects → Silence.
Play a few seconds before and after the edit. If part of the word remains audible, undo, widen the selection, and apply the effect again.
Choose File → Export to download the edited recording. Share this new version rather than the original.
Tips and examples
Bleeping replaces the selected sound without closing the gap, so the rest of the recording stays in time. Delete closes the gap and shortens the recording.
Listen carefully before publishing. An existing transcript may still contain the original words; check it separately if you also share text.
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