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Fades, crossfades and envelopes
2. Use the checkboxes in the upper right corner to acti-
vate or deactivate Auto Fade In, Auto Fade Out and Auto
Crossfades, respectively.
3. Use the Length value field to specify the length of the
Auto Fade or Crossfade (1-500ms).
4. To adjust the shapes of Auto Fade In and Auto Fade
Out, select the “Fades” tab and make settings as in the
regular Fade dialogs.
5. To adjust the shape of the Auto Crossfade, select the
“Crossfades” tab and make settings as in the regular
Crossfade dialog.
6. If you want to use the settings you have made in future
projects, click the “As Default” button.
The next time you create a new project, it will use these settings by default.
7. Click OK to close the dialog.
Making Auto Fade settings for a separate track
By default, all audio tracks will use the settings you have
made in the project’s Auto Fades dialog. However, since
Auto Fades use computing power, a better approach may
be to turn Auto Fades off globally and activate them for in-
dividual tracks, as needed:
1. Right-click the track in the Track list and select “Auto
Fades Settings...” from the context menu (or select the
track and click the “Auto Fades Settings” button in the In-
spector).
The Auto Fades dialog for the track opens. This is identical to the project’s
Auto Fades dialog, with the addition of a “Use Project Settings” option.
2. Deactivate the “Use Project Settings” option.
Now, any settings you make will be applied to the track only.
3. Set up the Auto Fades as desired and close the dialog.
Reverting to project settings
If you want a track to use the global Auto Fade settings,
open the Auto Fades dialog for the track and activate the
“Use Project Settings” checkbox.
Event Envelopes
An envelope is a volume curve for an audio event. It is sim-
ilar to the real-time fades, but allows you to create volume
changes within the event, not only at the start or end. To
create an envelope for an audio event, proceed as follows:
1. Zoom in on the event so that you can view its waveform
properly.
2. Select the Pencil tool.
When you move the Pencil tool over an audio event, a small volume curve
symbol is shown next to the tool.
3. To add an envelope point, click in the event with the
Pencil tool.
A blue envelope curve and a curve point appear.
4. Drag the curve point to adjust the envelope shape.
The waveform image reflects the volume curve.
• You can add as many curve points as you like.
• To remove a curve point from the envelope, click on it
and drag it outside the event.
• The envelope curve is a part of the audio event – it will
follow when you move or copy the event.
After copying an event with an envelope, you can make independent ad-
justments to the envelopes in the original event and the copy.
Ö It is also possible to apply an envelope to the audio
clip using the Envelope function on the Process submenu
on the Audio menu.
See “Envelope” on page 218.
Ö To remove an event envelope curve from a selected
event, open the Audio menu and select the Remove
Volume Curve option.