Specifications

Chapter 19: Fades and Crossfades 303
Pre and Post Crossfade Selections
By making a selection that begins or ends pre-
cisely on the border of two regions, you can cre-
ate “pre” or “post” crossfades. Use the Tab key to
place the insertion point at the exact beginning
or end of a region.
To create a pre- or post-crossfade:
1 With the Selector, click in the track that con-
tains the regions you want to crossfade.
2 Press Tab to move forward to the next region
boundary.
– or –
Press Control+Tab (Windows) or Option+Tab
(Macintosh) to move back to the previous re-
gion boundary.
3 Shift-drag to adjust your selection, or press
Shift+Tab to extend the selection forward to the
next region boundary.
– or –
Press Control+Shift+Tab (Windows) or Op-
tion+Shift+Tab (Macintosh) to extend the selec-
tion back to the previous region boundary.
4 Choose Edit > Fades > Create Fades.
– or –
Press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F
(Macintosh).
5 Choose a fade type and click OK.
Creating Fades at the
Beginnings and Ends of
Regions
In addition to crossfades between regions,
Pro Tools lets you create fade-ins and fade-outs
at the beginnings and ends of regions.
On Pro Tools TDM systems, you can also use an
automatic fade-in/out option, which applies real
time fade-ins/outs to all regions during play-
back. These fades are not written to disk, but au-
tomatically applied during playback. See “Using
AutoFades” on page 305.
Creating Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs
Depending on how you make the selection, you
can position a fade-in/out at the exact begin-
ning or end of a region, or position it so it ex-
tends into a blank area of the track. The length
of the selection in the region determines the
length of the fade-in/out.
You can also fade to the beginning or end of a
region from an insertion point.
Region with a fade-in