Crossfade Editor

The Crossfade editor allows you to edit crossfades. It shows a fade display of the selected audio and the fade curves, in conjunction with fade-in and fade-out curve settings and common settings.

To open the Crossfade editor, select one or both crossfaded events, and select Audio > Fades > Crossfade or double-click the crossfade zone.

Note
You can activate a simplified Crossfade editor in the Preferences dialog. Select Editing > Audio, and activate the Simple Crossfade Editor option.

Curve Type buttons

Determine whether the corresponding fade curve uses Spline Interpolation , Damped Spline Interpolation , or Linear Interpolation .

Curve Shape buttons

Give you quick access to some common curve shapes.

Fade Curve displays

Show the shape of the fade-out and fade-in curve, respectively.

To add points, click a curve.
To change the fade shape, click and drag existing points.
To remove a point, drag a point outside the display.

Length

Specifies the length of the crossfade area.

Overlap

Defines the position of the splice point in the crossfade area.

Volume

Changes the volume of the crossfaded events. This is the same as using the volume handles in the event display.

Nudge

Nudges the fade area or the audio in the desired direction.

Nudge Range

Specifies the range that is moved when using Nudge.

Nudge modes

Determines what is moved when you use Nudge.

To move the audio, activate Nudge: Move Audio.
To move the fade, activate Nudge: Move Fade.

Chaining Mode

Determines how the audio to the right of the crossfade on the track behaves when you move the crossfade for an event.

To move all the following events on the track, activate Until End.
To move all the following events on the track up to the next gap, activate Until Gap.
To move none of the following events on the track, activate None.

Note

The behavior depends on whether the next audio event on the track follows seamlessly or with a gap.

Splice Point Offset

The dotted vertical line in the fade-in and fade-out curves marks the splice point. If you work with asymmetric crossfades, you can set a splice point offset. This means that the splice points for the fade-in and the fade-out event are different.

Symmetric Fades

Activate this to link the editing controls of the fade-out and fade-in curves. This allows you to use the fade-out or fade-in controls to move both fade curves symmetrically.

Presets

Click Save Preset on the Presets pop-up menu to store the crossfade settings so that you can apply them to other events.

To remove a preset, select it on the pop-up menu and click Remove Preset.

Default buttons

Click As Default to store the current settings as default. Default settings are used whenever you create new crossfades.

Click Recall Default to apply the curves and settings of the default crossfade.

Equal Gain

Adjusts the fade curves so that the summed fade-in and fade-out amplitudes are the same all along the crossfade region. This can be beneficial for short crossfades.

Equal Power

Adjusts the fade curves so that the energy (power) of the crossfade is constant all along the crossfade region.

Equal Power curves have only one editable curve point. You cannot change the curve shape if this mode is selected.

Auto Zoom

Automatically zooms and centers the display on the current crossfade when you resize it. This also works when you select the next crossfade using Select Crossfade.

Auto-Scroll

Scrolls the crossfade display during playback, so that the position cursor is always visible. This only applies when using the Transport panel, and it works like the corresponding function in the Project window.

Zoom to Fade

Zooms and centers the display on the selected crossfade area.

Volume

Allows you to set the audition level.

Pre-roll and Post-roll

To start playback before the fade area, activate Use Pre-roll.
To stop playback after the fade area, activate Use Post-roll.
To adjust the pre-roll time, use the Pre-roll Amount value field.
To adjust the post-roll time, use the Post-roll Amount value field.

Audition buttons

To audition the fade-out part of the crossfade, click Play Fade Out.
To audition the whole crossfade, click Play Crossfade.
To audition the fade-in part of the crossfade, click Play Fade In.

You can set up key commands for this in the Key Commands dialog.

Select Crossfade buttons

Allow you to select the previous/next crossfade area, provided that the current track contains more than one crossfade.

Project Selection Follows Fade

If this option is activated, selecting another crossfade automatically changes the event selection in the Project window.