Creating Fades At The Beginnings And Ends Of Regions - DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual

Fade and Crossfade Preferences
You can set default fade and crossfade settings.
These settings load as your "base" settings when
you use the Create Fades command, and the
Fade to Start and Fade to End commands.
To set the fade and crossfade preferences:
Choose Setup > Preferences and click the
1
Editing tab.
Set the Pre-Roll and Post-Roll times for Fade
2
previews.
Fade preferences
Click Fade In and set the default shape for
3
fade-ins when using the Smart Tool, then click
OK.
Click Fade Out and set the default shape for
4
fade-outs when using the Smart Tool, then click
OK.
Click Crossfade and set the default shape for
5
crossfades when using the Smart Tool, then click
OK.
Click OK.
6
To apply the default fade or crossfade
shape, make an Edit selection and press
Control+Start+F (Windows) or
Command+Control+F (Mac).
Creating Fades at the
Beginnings and Ends of
Regions
Pro Tools lets you create fade-ins and fade-outs
at the beginnings and ends of regions.
With Pro Tools HD, you can also use an auto-
matic fade-in/out option, which applies real time
fade-ins/outs to all regions during playback.
These fades are not written to disk, but are auto-
matically applied during playback. For more in-
formation, see "Using AutoFades" on page 523.
Region with a fade-in
Creating Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs
Depending on how you make the selection, you
can position a fade-in or fade-out at the exact
beginning or end of a region, or position it so it
extends into a blank area of the track. The
length of the selection in the region determines
the length of the fade-in or fade-out.
You can also fade to the beginning or end of a
region from an insertion point.
Although fades appear to be discrete regions,
they cannot be separated from the regions in
which they were created.
When changing tempo in a tick-based audio
track, fade-ins and fade-outs remain with their
parent regions. Fades maintain their absolute
duration and are consequently recalculated after
any tempo changes.
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