Hi, In another DAW there is a command called "trim" that given no audio selection will "strip silence" off of the start and finish of a file _only_. This is extremely useful for when you have just recorded an external synth sequenced with midi and know that the relative timing between the notes are correct, but where the clip starts isn't due to midi and/or audio card latency. Once the silence is cut off of the front of the file you can snap it to it's position and the timing will be on. I know about strip silence. From what I understand this will affect the whole audio file, breaking it into regions based on the threshold and parameters. I only want to "strip silence" for the silence at the start of the file. Using the marquee tool with smart on seems to do an "ok" job of this, but that tool always seems suspicious to me, like i'm not sure what i'm going to get. Is there a simple way to do this in Logic? Thanks, -- Ben Harrison http://mumble.sectionz.com