Stripping silence is yet another great Reaper feature that is bafflingly hidden/not advertised. I have long thought the devs need to hire someone to totally redo the menus, because there are so many sweet features that an average user might not find. Maybe it can't be avoided with a DAW with so many options. The only place I've found this feature is in the action list. But I digress, let's look at an example.
This has big potential for sound design, item processing, etc. Combined with the ability to batch render it's a snap to record a bunch of things, split them up correctly and render them with minimal hassle. Don't forget to experiment with the settings. This is a different action from Dynamic Split, which is more readily visible in the menus. Dynamic Split is useful as well, but this action is (IMO) easier and quicker for this type of splitting job.
Have I talked about batch rendering yet? I don't think so. I'll get to that next.