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Fades, crossfades and envelopes
Length settings
You can adjust the length of the crossfade area numeri-
cally in the “Length” field. If possible, the length change
will be applied equally to “both sides” of the crossfade
(i.e. Cubase tries to “center” the crossfade).
Presets
If you have set up a crossfade shape that you may want to
apply to other events, you can store it as a preset by click-
ing the Store button.
• To apply a stored preset, select it from the pop-up menu.
• To rename the selected preset, double-click on the
name and type in a new one.
• To remove a stored preset, select it from the pop-up
menu and click Remove.
Default buttons
• Clicking the “As Default” button stores all of the current
settings as the default crossfade. These settings will then
be used whenever you create new crossfades.
• The Crossfade Length setting is included in the Default
settings. However, it is only applied if the events to be
crossfaded do not overlap, otherwise the crossfade will be
in the overlap area (see “Creating crossfades” on page 92).
• Clicking the “Recall Default” button copies the curves
and settings of the Default crossfade to the Crossfade
dialog.
Auto Fades and Crossfades
Cubase features an Auto Fade function that can be set
both globally, i.e. for the entire project, and separately for
each audio track. The idea behind the Auto Fade function
is to create smoother transitions between events by ap-
plying short (1–500ms) fade-ins and fade-outs.
Making global Auto Fade settings
1. To make Auto Fades settings globally for the project,
select “Auto Fades Settings…” from the Project menu.
This opens the Auto Fades dialog for the project.
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.
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To be able to resize a crossfade this way, it must be
possible to resize the corresponding event. For ex-
ample, if the left crossfaded event already plays its
audio clip to the end, its endpoint cannot be moved
any further to the right.
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As mentioned earlier, fades are calculated in realtime
during playback. This means that the larger the num-
ber of audio tracks with Auto Fades activated in a
project, the higher the demands on the processor.
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Note that auto fades are not indicated by the fade
lines!