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Pro Tools Reference Guide252
they occur inside a single region). Cross-
fade selections can begin and end any-
where in their respective regions.
2 Choose Edit > Fades > Create Fades.
3 Use the view buttons to adjust the view
of the crossfade. It may take a few mo-
ments to calculate 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 mo-
ments 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 the desired
shape. By choosing None as the Linking
option, you can drag the beginning or end
points of a fade curve to adjust its begin-
ning 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 un-
changed. Crossfades are stored in the Fades
Folder within the session folder.
After you have created a crossfade, it is still
possible to edit its length by selecting the
crossfade region with the Trimmer and
dragging the start or end points.
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 Delete (Macintosh) or Backspace
(Windows).
To trim a crossfade:
1 Select the crossfade with the Grabber, or
double-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.
Pre/Post Crossfade Selections
By making a selection that begins or ends
precisely on the border of two regions, you
can create “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
contains the regions you want to crossfade.
2 Press Tab to move forward to the next re-
gion boundary. Press Option+Tab (Mac-
intosh) or Control+Tab (Windows) to move
back to the previous region boundary.
3 Shift-drag to adjust your selection, or
press Shift+Tab to extend the selection for-
ward to the next region boundary. Press
Option+Shift+Tab (Macintosh) or Con-
trol+Shift+Tab (Windows) to extend the se-
lection back to the previous region
boundary.
4 Choose Edit > Fades > Create Fades.
5 Choose a fade type and click OK.