Trim and fade audio clips

Trim the interviewer clip to remove the first 1.2 seconds of silence and the last 0.6 seconds of room tone. Apply a 200 ms fade-in at the start of the clip and a 350 ms fade-out at the end to remove clicks between cuts. Check transitions at 0:14 and 0:37 where cuts meet and smooth any audible jumps, then save the project as VO-edits_v1.

Before I hand this to the podcast editor, make the trims and fades easy to approve: mark every trimmed point with a comment explaining why (silence, breath, overlap), show before-and-after waveform screenshots for the two biggest edits, and use consistent 200–350 ms fades so they know edits won’t sound abrupt on mobile headphones.

I cut out a filler word and now there’s a sharp click at the join. The audio lead, Carlos, expects a clean pass tomorrow and I can’t re-record. I tried a 50 ms fade but it’s still audible on earbuds. What fade length or technique should I use to eliminate the click without making the line sound like it breathes?

We keep sending files back because small trims introduce clicks or breathing artifacts that get fixed late. What editing habit or preset should we adopt so simple trims don’t cause audible defects — include recommended fade lengths, a quick check method on phone speakers, and a naming rule so editors know a file is prechecked.