How to Edit and Trim Audio Recording on Computer and Phone

Are you record your voice for a YouTube video, a song, a lecture, or an interview and try to edit the voice recording to make them sound clear and professional? You've come to the right place!

This article will show you how to edit voice recordings on your Windows/Mac computer, on Android, and iPhone in three effective and easy ways. Check out and learn how to trim, cut, or split your voice recordings.

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Part 1 How to Edit Audio Recording on Windows/Mac Computer

Whether you want to trim, cut, split, merge or make more edits on your audio recordings on your Mackbook or Windows computer, FlexClip can make it easier in one go. It is a handy and powerful online voice recorder and audio editor. With it in your hand, you can effortlessly make a custom voice recording by splitting, merging, trimming, adjusting speed in one place.

More surprisingly, FlexClip can help you clean up your audio by reducing background noise, separating vocals and music to make a clear audio file. Although FlexClip is equipped with many audio editing tools, it's not tough to edit your audio recordings as it offers a clear and intuitive interface and navigation.

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Steps to edit audio recording using FlexClip on computer:

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Step 1

Go to FlexClip's online audio editor, click the Edit Your Audio button and upload your file for editing.

How to Edit Audio Recording on FlexClip - Upload

Step 2

Then, you'll be in the FlexClip editing page with the audio track added to the timeline, set the scene duration to be the same as the audio.

How to Edit Audio Recording on FlexClip - Adjust Duration

Step 3

Now, you can use the editing tool above the timeline to edit your audio recording. You can split, trim, change speed, add fade in and fade out, etc. Here is also a volume setting option for you to change audio volume, reduce noise, and even separate vocal from music.

How to Edit Audio Recording on FlexClip - Edit Audio

Step 4

After that, you can click on the Export button to get the edited audio recording file.

Part 2 How to Edit Audio Recording on iPhone

Are you an iPhone users trying to edit or trim your audio recording on your phone? Then you can try the built-in Voice Memos app, a free audio recorder, trimmer, and editor. Voice Memos allows you to adjust the audio speed, skip silence, and crop your audio recordings. It also offers an Enhance Recording option to help you make your audio clear.

Steps to edit audio recording using Voice Memos on iPhone:

Step 1

Launch the Voice Memos app on your iPhone.

Step 2

In the list of recordings, select the voice recording that you want to edit, tap the "More Actions" button, and select “Edit Recording”.

Step 3

Tap the "Trim" button at the top right, then move the two handles to choose the trimmed or kept clip.

Step 4

Click Trim or Delete to perform the action. After that, tap "Save", then tap "Done". The edited audio will be saved.

How to Edit Audio Recording on iPhone

Want to make more edits on your audio recording, like speed up or slow down, skip silence or enhance the recording? You can click the balancer-like icon to make it come true in several moves.

Part 3 How to Edit Audio Recording on Android

Now, let’s talk about how to edit and cut audio recording on Android. Well, you’ve known that there is a default voice recorder for you to record any audio. It also offers you the basic audio editing features for you to edit and trim the voice recording.

Below is how you trim an audio recording on your Android phone with the default recording app.

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