This section explains commands under the GoldWave's Effect menu. Please see the Effects Overview section for general information about how GoldWave employs effects.
Censor replaces the selection with a tone (beep), static, clipboard audio, or gibberish. Use this effect to cover up profanity, cleanly overwrite dialogue with other dialogue, or make dialogue almost unintelligible.
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| Setting | Description |
| Censor type | Sets the sound to use to replace the selection. Most of the censor types are simple tones or noises. Clipboard and Gibberish are special types. Clipboard replaces the selection with audio currently in the clipboard. Use Copy in the Edit menu to copy audio to the clipboard before using Censor. Gibberish scrambles the selection by moving and reversing short sections of audio, making dialogue difficult to understand. |
| Censor volume (dB) | Sets controls the volume of the censored audio (the tone, clipboard, or gibberish). Usually this is set near full volume. |
| Source volume (dB) | Sets the volume of the original audio. Usually this is set to the lowest value (Off). |
| Crossfade time (s) | Sets how long it takes to fade from the original audio to the censored, which eliminates sudden transitions (possible clicks) between original to censored regions. Usually this is set to a small value. |
The copied dialogue must be exactly the same length as the replaced dialogue for it to be completely overwritten. If the clipboard audio is shorter, then the trailing end of the replaced dialogue will still be present. If the clipboard audio is longer, it will be truncated to fit in the selection. This effect does not alter the length of the selection. The timing of the surrounding audio is not affected, which maintains synchronization in music or video. Use Replace to replace a different size selection.