Remove silence in DaVinci Resolve

Ripple Delete Silence

1. Duplicate the timeline, so the first try is safe.
2. Select the clip on the Edit or Cut page timeline.
3. Choose Clip > Audio Operations > Ripple Delete Silence.
4. Set Threshold from the room tone of this recording, Pre Head and Post Tail to protect word edges, and Minimum to Trip to ignore short gaps. Apply, then review every cut.

It needs no transcription and works in the free version and in Studio.

Studio-only options

• Remove Silent Portions in the transcription window, after Audio Transcription > Transcribe, assembles only the spoken parts of a source clip.
• Remove Silence on the Fairlight page splits the audio into clips with gaps and keeps the timeline length.

Only need the audio?

For a podcast mix you can cut the silence here and bring the WAV into Fairlight.

Sources: DaVinci Resolve Club.