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Fades and crossfades
Creating fades
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• 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 handles.
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 activated 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–Audio page), moving the mouse wheel
moves the volume curve up or down.
When you press [Shift] while moving the mouse wheel, and 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.
NOTE
In the Key Commands dialog (Audio category) you can set up key commands for
changing the event volume curve and any fade curves.
RELATED LINKS
Key Commands on page 602
Creating and adjusting fades with the Range Selection tool
Event-based fades can also be created and adjusted with the Range Selection tool.
PROCEDURE
1. Select a section of the audio event with the Range Selection tool.
2. Open 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.
• If you select a range encompassing a middle section of the event, but not
reaching neither the start nor the end, a fade in is created from the beginning
of the event to the beginning of the selected range, and a fade out is created
from the end of the selected range to the end of the event.
IMPORTANT
You can select multiple audio events on separate tracks with the Range Selection
tool, and apply the fade to all of them simultaneously.