PRISM 01Shear
PRISM 01 · Silence Cutter

shear

Upload raw. Broadcast-ready.

Shear transcribes your recording, finds every silence over 0.6s and every filler word, and removes them automatically. A tighter cut and baked-in captions in one command.

Replaces Descript · saves $30/mo

How it works

A 12-minute take becomes a clean 8-minute cut.

01
Transcribe

Word-level timestamps for every word, in 99 languages. Runs on your machine.

02
Detect

Every gap over 0.6s and every filler word is marked, with padding so no consonant gets clipped.

03
Cut and caption

The clean cut renders with an SRT file generated and burned in.

 shear · raw_take_12min.mp4Cutting
Raw waveform · grey = silence, collapsed as the playhead passes

So today I want to show you um the exact system that doubled like our email signups in 30 days. Basically it comes down to three things. You know timing, copy, and uh the offer structure.

4 minRemoved
18Filler words cut
34sProcessing time
SRTCaptions generated
99
Languages
0.6s
Silence threshold
1
Command
$19/mo
Creator plan
Features

Everything Descript does. None of the lock-in.

01
AI transcription

Word-level timestamps from our transcription engine. Runs fully locally, your audio never leaves your machine. 99 languages.

02
Silence detection

Configurable gap threshold (default 0.6s) with smooth padding so cuts never clip words.

03
Filler word removal

Um, uh, like, basically, you know. All gone. Add your own with --filler.

04
Baked-in captions

SRT generated from the clean transcript and burned into the video. Style it with --force-style.

05
Cross-platform

Nothing to install. Our processing engine ships with everything required. Mac, Windows, and Linux.

06
JSON transcript

--transcript-out exports the transcript as JSON. Clip reads it directly, no second pass.

Help center

Questions, answered.

Anything else, write to hello@vertexcore.studio.

01How does silence detection work?
Shear uses word-level timestamps to find gaps between spoken words. Any gap longer than --silence-thresh (default 0.6s) is removed. A --silence-pad (default 0.12s) is kept around each word edge so consonants never get clipped.
02What accuracy levels are available?
The fastest level works well for clear audio. Higher levels handle accents and technical vocabulary better, at the cost of processing time. Pass --model fast, medium, or high.
03Can I customize filler words?
Yes. Pass --filler "um,uh,like,so,right,honestly" to add words on top of the defaults: um, uh, hmm, like, basically, literally, you know, i mean, sort of, kind of.
04Does my audio leave my machine?
No. Transcription runs locally, so your raw recording is never uploaded.
05What does it cost?
Shear is on the Creator plan at $19/mo with unlimited videos. The full PRISM suite, all six tools, is $49/mo on Pro. The Free plan covers 3 watermarked videos a month.
Next in the pipeline · PRISM 02 · Clip
Cut the clean take into short-form clips.