Crossfade Editor

The Crossfade editor allows you to edit crossfades. It contains fade-in and fade-out curve settings, and common settings.
  • To open the Crossfade editor, select one or both crossfaded events, and select Audio > Crossfade, or double-click the crossfade zone.

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.

Curve Kind 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.

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 is often suitable 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.

Audition buttons
  • To audition the whole crossfade, click Play Crossfade.

  • To audition the fade-out part of the crossfade, click Play Fade Out.

  • 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.

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 Level

Allows you to set the audition level.

Length

Specifies the length of the crossfade area. Cubase tries to center the crossfade, that is, the length change is 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

Click Store to the right of 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 Delete.

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.