Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide302
Creating a Crossfade
To create a crossfade between two regions:
1 With the Selector, click at the point where you
want the crossfade to begin in the first region
and drag to where you want it to end in the sec-
ond region. Crossfade selections can begin and
end anywhere in their respective regions.
2 Choose Edit > Fades > Create Fades.
– or –
Press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F
(Macintosh).
3 Use the view buttons to adjust the view of the
crossfade. It may take a few moments to calcu-
late the waveform display for long selections.
4 Select an Out Shape and an In Shape.
5 Choose a Linking option.
6 Click the Audition button, or play the session,
to hear the crossfade. For long crossfades, it may
take Pro Tools a few moments to calculate and
load the audio into playback RAM.
7 Adjust the curves by choosing different preset
shapes with the Out Shape and In Shape pop-up
menus.
– or –
Drag the Fade In/Out curves to a custom shape.
By choosing None as the Linking option, you
can drag the beginning or end points of a fade
curve to adjust its beginning or end point.
8 Click the Audition button, or play the session,
to hear the crossfade again.
9 When the crossfade is right, click OK. The fade
is calculated and written to disk, but the audio
files and regions remain unchanged. Crossfades
are stored in the Fades Folder within the session
folder.
To remove a crossfade:
■ Select the area of the track containing the
crossfades you want to delete and choose Edit >
Fades > Delete Fades.
– or –
■ Select the crossfade with the Grabber and
press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Macin-
tosh).
To trim a crossfade:
1 Select the crossfade with the Grabber, or dou-
ble-click it with the Selector.
2 With the Trimmer, trim either side of the
crossfade. The crossfade is recalculated to reflect
the newly trimmed length.
Crossfade lengths can later be resized with
the Trimmer.