Creating A Crossfade - DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual

To fade from the insertion point to a region start
point:
Place the cursor at a location in the region.
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Do one of the following:
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• Choose Edit > Fades > Fade To Start.
– or –
• Press Alt+D (Windows) or
Control+D (Mac).
The fade is applied based on the Fade In prefer-
ences (see "Fade and Crossfade Preferences" on
page 519).
To fade from the insertion point to a region end
point:
Place the cursor at a location in the region.
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Do one of the following:
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• Choose Edit > Fades > Fade To End.
– or –
• Press Alt+G (Windows) or
Control+G (Mac).
The fade is applied based on the Fade Out pref-
erences (see "Fade and Crossfade Preferences"
on page 519).

Creating a Crossfade

To create a crossfade between two regions:
With the Selector tool, click at the point where
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you want the crossfade to begin in the first re-
gion and drag to where you want it to end in the
second region. Crossfade selections can begin
and end anywhere in their respective regions.
Do one of the following:
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• Choose Edit > Fades > Create.
– or –
• Press Control+F (Windows) or
Command+F (Mac).
To apply a Crossfade using the Default
Crossfade setting (in the Editing Preferences),
and without opening the Fades dialog, press
Control+Start+F (Windows) or
Command+Control+F (Mac).
Use the view buttons to adjust the view of the
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crossfade. It may take a few moments to calcu-
late the waveform display for long selections.
Select an Out Shape and an In Shape.
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Select a Linking option.
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Click the Audition button to audition the
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crossfade. For long crossfades, it may take
Pro Tools a few moments to calculate and load
the audio into playback RAM.
Do one of the following:
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• Adjust the curves by selecting different pre-
set shapes with the Out Shape and In Shape
pop-up menus.
– or –
• Drag the Fade-In and Fade-Out curves to a
custom shape. By choosing None as the
Linking option, you can drag the begin-
ning or end points of a fade curve to adjust
its beginning or end point.
Click the Audition button to audition the
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crossfade again.
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