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You can double-click a Cross Fade transition to open it into the Inspector, revealing the
following parameters:
Duration: The duration of the transition, shown in both seconds and frames.
Alignment: A drop-down that lets you choose the transition’s position relative to
the edit point it’s applied to. Your choices are “End on Edit,” “Center on Edit,” and
“Begin on Edit.”
Transition style: You can choose –3dB, 0dB, or +3dB to set both the Fade In and Fade
Out levels to the same value. For more information on what these levels mean, see the
following parameter.
Fade In/Fade Out levels: There are three options that affect the incoming and outgoing
halves of the Cross Fade effect independently. 0dB applies a linear fade (this is the
default). +3dB applies a boosted curve; when applied to both Fade In and Fade Out,
this can compensate for diminished levels in the middle of a Cross Fade. –3dB applies
an attenuating curve, which deliberately lowers the level of the Cross Fade.
Crossfades can be created and edited on both the Edit and Fairlight pages.
TIP: If you need an asymmetrical crossfade, that’s accomplished by “checkerboarding”
clips on two tracks with overlapping handles at the beginning and end, and using the
Fader handles to create exactly the timing and curves necessary to create the effect
you require.
The Audio Mixer
The Audio Mixer on the Edit page is a simplified version of the Mixer on the Fairlight page,
designed to provide a streamlined set of graphical controls you can use to set basic track levels
(there is no track level fader automation on the Edit page), pan stereo audio at the track level,
and mute and solo tracks as you work.
To open the Audio Mixer, do the following:
Click the Mixer button on the Interface toolbar.
The Audio Mixer exposes a set of channel strips with controls that correspond to the tracks in
the Timeline, and each channel strip displays a number of audio meters equal to the number of
channels within that track. By default, a Main 1 channel strip appears all the way to the right that
lets you adjust the overall level of the mix. However, if you add subs and mains on the Fairlight
page, those will appear at the right of the mixer as well.
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