How does Auto-Cut deal with pacing/pause lengths?

Even though Narrafix takes care of most of the time-consuming tasks in audiobook post-production, the fine nuances of pacing and rhythm in narration are highly individual - and intentionally, Narrafix treats them with care.

How pauses are handled

Auto-Cut shortens overly long pauses down to a natural duration of about the same length while it intelligently differs between intra-paragraph and paragraph breaks. This reflects how most narrators naturally structure their delivery: brief pauses between sentences, and slightly longer pauses between paragraphs or thought units.

Shorter pauses are left untouched - Narrafix doesn’t artificially extend or reduce them. This ensures that your individual speaking rhythm and performance flow remain intact.

But always keep in mind: Pacing will always remain a creative matter: even among human editors, pause length is one of the most discussed aspects in audiobook editing. Narrafix aims to make this process faster and more consistent - not to override artistic intent. So to archieve a high-quality product, pause lengths are one of the things to be checked back in the "Refine & Review"-phase that you can easily do in Narrafix Studio after Auto-Cut and Auto-Proofing.

Lead-In and Lead-Out times

Narrafix also makes sure the usual lead-in and lead-out times at the beginning and end of files are up to specs. It will crop or add silence to make sure this is in order, This is also the only occation Narrafix will add silence to meet the requirements of 0,5 seconds at the beginning of the file and 2 seconds at the end of the file.

Summary

• Long pauses are shortened to a natural duration.
• Short pauses remain unchanged.
• Intelligently understands paragraph breaks and takes them into account
• Narrafix preserves the narrator’s personal rhythm rather than enforcing a fixed pacing pattern.