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Standard Crossfade (“Centered”)
This type of selection creates a crossfade on
both sides of the splice point, which affects
the volume of region 1 and region 2. It is
the most common type of crossfade.
This crossfade type requires that region 1
contain audio material beyond its end
point, and region 2 contain audio material
before its start point.
Pre Crossfade
This type of selection creates a crossfade be-
fore the splice point. This lets you maintain
the volume of the very beginning of
region 2 instead of fading across it, which
is useful if there is a strong attack at the be-
ginning of region 2 that you want to pre-
serve. When making selections for cross-
fades that occur on the border of two
regions, you can use the Tab key to move
the cursor to the exact beginning or end of
a region.
This crossfade type requires that region 2
contain audio material before its start
point.
Post Crossfade
This type of selection creates a crossfade af-
ter the splice point. It is useful if you want
to maintain the amplitude of region 1 until
its very end. When making selections for
crossfades that occur on the border of two
regions, you can use the Tab key to move
the cursor to the exact beginning or end of
a region.
This crossfade type requires that region 1
contain audio material beyond its end
point.
The Fades Dialog
When choosing the Fades command you
can use the Fades dialog to select, view, and
preview the crossfade, and to edit the
curves used to perform the crossfade.
‘Centered’ crossfade
‘Pre’ crossfade
region 1
fade out
curve
fade in
curve
region 2
splice point
crossfade selection
region 1 region 2
border of region 1 and 2
selection range extends just up to beginning of region 2
‘Post’ crossfade
Fades dialog
region 1 region 2
border of region 1 and 2
selection range begins just after end of region 1