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Fades and crossfades
The Crossfade dialog
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Equal Gain
Activate this parameter to adjust the fade curves so that the summed fade in
and fade out amplitudes will be the same all along the crossfade region. This
is often suitable for short crossfades.
Equal Power
Activate this parameter to adjust the fade curves so that the energy (power)
of the crossfade will be constant all along the crossfade region.
Equal Power curves have only one editable curve point. You cannot use the
Curve kind buttons or the presets when this mode is selected.
Play buttons
These buttons allow you to audition the whole crossfade, or the fade out part,
or the fade in part. You can set up key commands for this in the following
categories of the Key Commands dialog:
• Media category – Preview Start (triggers crossfade playback), Preview
Stop (stops crossfade playback).
• Transport category – StartStop (triggers global playback), Stop (stops
global playback) and StartStop Preview (triggers crossfade playback).
Pre-roll and Post-roll
Activate pre-roll to start playback before the fade area. Activate post-roll to
stop playback after the fade area.
In the time fields you can enter the desired time (in seconds and milliseconds)
for the pre-roll and post-roll length.
Length
This specifies the length of the crossfade area. Cubase tries to center the
crossfade, i.
e. the length change will be applied equally to both sides. To be
able to resize a crossfade, it must be possible to resize the corresponding
event. For example, if the fade out event already plays its audio clip to the end,
its end point cannot be moved any further to the right.
Presets section
Click the Store button to the right of the Presets pop-up menu to store the
settings of your crossfade so that you can apply them to other events later.
• To rename a preset, double-click on the name and type in a new one.
• To remove a preset, select it on the pop-up menu and click the Delete
button.
Default buttons
Click the As Default button to store the current settings as default. These
settings will then be used whenever you create new crossfades.
Click the Recall Default button to apply the curves and settings of the default
crossfade to the Crossfade dialog.
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Key Commands on page 602