Specifications
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◆ Preset Curve 6 drops the volume of region 1
even more quickly at the beginning of the cross-
fade.
◆ Preset Curve 7 silences region 1 at the begin-
ning of the crossfade.
Link Settings
The Link setting links the selected fade-out and
fade-in curves. If you adjust one curve, the cor-
responding curve also adjusts. This ensures that
the resulting crossfade is an equal power or equal
gain crossfade, depending on which you select.
Equal Power Recommended for material that is
not phase coherent, as in the case of a crossfade
between two completely different types of mate-
rial. Use this option to avoid the volume drop
that can occur with an Equal Gain crossfade.
With this fade, you can Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Macintosh) the fade curve to reset
it to its default shape.
Equal Gain Recommended for material that is
phase-coherent or nearly phase-coherent, as in
the case of a crossfade between identical re-
gions/instruments (for example, a repeated
drum loop). Use this option to avoid clipping
that can occur when using an Equal Power cross-
fade. With this fade, you can Alt-click (Win-
dows) or Option-click (Macintosh) the fade
curve to reset it to its default shape.
None Disables linking between the fade-out and
fade-in curves, and lets you freely adjust them
separately, including start and end points. This
option also allows you to create custom cross-
fade shapes. To edit only the fade-in portion of
the curve, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac-
intosh) while dragging. To edit only the fade-
out portion of the curve, press Control (Win-
dows) or Command (Macintosh) while drag-
ging.
Use Dither
The Use Dither option turns on a preset, noise-
shaped dither function that improves audio per-
formance when fading in or fading out of si-
lence, and crossfading between low amplitude
regions. Dithering is usually not necessary when
fading between two regions of high amplitude.
You can disable Dither while editing your cross-
fades in the Fades dialog to speed up previews
and fade recalculation, then re-enable Dither to
create the final crossfade.
Preset Curve 6
Preset Curve 7
Fade Link
Adjusting the end point of a fade curve
Dither option for Fade