Three everyday starting points
- A presentation cue: keep the sound or spoken line that belongs on one slide.
- A listening excerpt: isolate a sentence for study without cutting off the speaker’s delivery.
- A music reference: save the phrase you want to discuss or practise.
Work backward from the destination
Decide where the clip will play before you trim. A spoken excerpt may need a short breath at each end; a music cue may need an ending fade. Check the format your presentation, player or next editor accepts.
Select and preview the passage, trim the surrounding audio, then export with a descriptive name. Keep the full recording so you can return to its context later.