User manual

118
Fades, crossfades and envelopes
Creating fades
There are two types of fade ins and fade outs in audio
events in Cubase: event-based fades that you create by us-
ing the fade handles and clip-based fades created by pro-
cessing (see “Clip-based fades” on page 119).
Event-based fades
Selected audio events have triangular handles in the up-
per left and right corners. These can be dragged to create
a fade in or fade out, respectively.
Creating a fade in. The fade is automatically reflected in the shape of
the event’s waveform, giving you a visual feedback of the result when
dragging the fade handle.
Fades created with the handles are not applied to the audio
clip as such but calculated in realtime during playback. This
means that several events referring to the same audio clip
can have different fade curves. It also means that having a
large number of fades may require more processing power.
• If you select multiple events and drag the fade handles
of one of them, the same fade is applied to all selected
events.
• A fade can be edited in the Fade dialog, as described
on the following pages.
You open the dialog by double-clicking in the area above the fade curve,
or by selecting the event and selecting “Open Fade Editor(s)” from the
Audio menu (note that this will open two dialogs if the event has both
fade in and fade out curves).
If you adjust the shape of the fade curve in the Fade dialog, this shape
will be maintained when you later adjust the length of the fade.
• You can make the fade longer or shorter at any time, by
dragging the handle.
You can do this without selecting the event first, i. e. without visible han-
dles. Just move the mouse pointer along the fade curve until the cursor
turns into a bidirectional arrow, then click and drag.
• If the “Show Event Volume Curves Always” option is ac-
tivated in the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Audio
page), fade curves are shown in all events, regardless of
whether they are selected or not.
If the option is deactivated, the fade curves are shown in selected events
only.
• If the “Use Mouse Wheel for Event volume and Fades”
option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Au-
dio page), pressing [Shift] while moving the mouse wheel
moves the volume curve up or down.
When you position the mouse pointer somewhere in the left half of the
event, the fade in end point is moved. When the mouse pointer is in the
right half of the event, the fade out start point is moved.
Ö In the Key Commands dialog (Audio category) you can
set up key commands for changing the event volume curve
and any fade curves, see “Key commands” on page 541.
Ö Cubase only: As an alternative to dragging the fade
handles, you can use the “Fade In to Cursor” and “Fade
Out to Cursor” options on the Audio menu to create
fades. Position the project cursor on an audio event where
you want a fade in to end or a fade out to begin, and select
the appropriate option from the Audio menu. A fade will
then be created, ranging from the event’s start or end to
the position of the cursor.
Creating and adjusting fades with the Range Selection
tool
Event-based fades can also be created and adjusted with
the Range Selection tool.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select a section of the audio event with the Range Se-
lection tool.
2. Pull down the Audio menu and select “Adjust Fades to
Range”.
The result depends on your selection:
• If you select a range from the beginning of the event, a fade in
is created within the range.
• If you select a range that reaches the end of an event, a fade
out is created in the range.
The fade handles are visible
when you point the mouse at
the event.