Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide612
Pre Crossfade
This type of selection creates a crossfade before
the splice point. This lets you maintain the volume
of the very beginning of clip 2 instead of fading
across it, which is useful if there is a strong attack
at the beginning of clip 2 that you want to preserve.
When making selections for crossfades that occur
on the border of two clips, you can use the Tab key
to move the cursor to the exact beginning or end of
a clip.
This crossfade type requires that clip 2 contain au-
dio material before its start point.
Post Crossfade
This type of selection creates a crossfade after the
splice point. It is useful if you want to maintain the
amplitude of clip 1 until its very end. When mak-
ing selections for crossfades that occur on the bor-
der of two clips, you can use the Tab key to move
the cursor to the exact beginning or end of a clip.
This crossfade type requires that clip 1 contain au-
dio material beyond its end point.
Overlapping Crossfades View
Pro Tools lets you view overlapping waveforms in
crossfades.
To show (or hide) overlapping crossfades:
 Select (or deselect) View > Waveform > Over-
lapping Crossfades
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Fades Dialog
When choosing the Edit > Fades command you
can use the Fades dialog to select, view, and pre-
view fades and crossfades, and to edit the curves
used to perform fades and crossfades. A fade-in
shows the In Shape settings, but not the Out Shape
settings, and likewise a fade-out shows the Out
Shape settings, but not the In Shape settings.
Pre crossfade
Post crossfade
crossfade selection
clip 2clip 1
sp
lice
point
crossfade selection
clip 2clip 1
splice
point
crossfade selection
clip 2clip 1
sp
lice
point
Overlapping Crossfades view