public void trimSilenceFromBeginning(){
        int leadingCount = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < this.samples.length; i++){
            if (this.samples[i] == 0){
                leadingCount = leadingCount + 1;
            }
            else { break; }
        }
        int[] samples_ = new int[this.samples.length - leadingCount];
        for (int i = leadingCount; i < this.samples.length; i++){
            samples_[i] = this.samples[i];
        }
        this.samples = samples_;
    }