Every project shows a pause pill between each section, displaying its current duration (for example, 0.8s pause). That silence carries through to continuous playback and your final combined audio file.

Before you get started

• Reorder your sections before setting custom pauses to avoid rework. See Reordering sections.

Setting the default pause for your project

Choose a preset — or a custom duration up to 10 seconds — for the whole project or for a single break.

For the whole project:

1. Click the three-dot menu (...) at the top of your project.
2. Select Project Settings.
3. Under Pause between sections, select a preset:
   • Small (0.3s)
   • Natural (0.8s)
   • Long (1.2s)
   • Custom (enter a value up to 10 seconds)
4. Click on Save.

For a single break:

1. Click the pause pill between the two sections you want to adjust.
2. Select a preset from the dropdown (same options as above).
3. Click on Apply.

A project-wide change applies to every pause that hasn't been individually customized. A single-break change affects only that break — everything else stays as is.

Resetting a pause

1. Click the pause pill dropdown between the relevant sections.
2. Select the Reset to default option at the bottom of the dropdown.

That break returns to the project default. Other custom pauses aren't affected.

FAQs

Q: Do I have to set a pause between every section? 

A: No. Studio uses a natural default if you don't set anything — only customize the breaks where you need a specific duration.

Q: Will changing a pause re-render my audio? 

A: No. Pause adjustments are non-destructive and take effect instantly without triggering a re-render.

Q: Do custom pauses carry over to other projects? 

A: No. Pause settings are saved per project and don't transfer to new projects, unless you've set a matching global default in Account Settings.

Q: Can I adjust timing within a section, not just between sections? 

A: No. Pause pill only control silence between sections. For timing within a section, use punctuation or Cues.