Cross Fader - ALCATECH BPM STUDIO 4 PRO User Manual

Cross Fader

moving the pre set red and blue curve with your
mouse pointer. Dragging and dropping assigns
a fade to a title. It will always be assigned to the
title's end. All subsequent titles in the play list will
now have the same fade effect assigned; up the
point where another effect is assigned to a title.
Titles in the play list with assigned fades are
marked with a blue underline. If a already
assigned fade is supposed to be modified, the
edited fade needs to be reconfirmed by dragging
and dropping again. This prevents unwanted
overwriting of already assigned fades. All fades
will be stored in the play list file.
A red, blinking button, in the upper left-hand
corner of the display indicates active auto mode.
It will automatically be deactivated as soon as
the buttons [CUE], [CUE/PLAY], or [START/
STOP] are clicked in either player. With the
button, the fade can be initiated ahead of time,
by using the current titles assigned fade.
The Cross-Fader is used
to fade between player A,
and player B. It can be set
to either manual, or
automatic mode. The
automatic mode can be
switched on and off, by
clicking the button.
When automatic mode is
active, the fader will by
itself fade to the other
player, at the end of a title.
The fade sequence can
be adjusted in the pop up
menu of Cross-Fader, via
predefined fades, or by
When auto mode is not active, fade is initiated by
clicking the button, it will be executed with
the predefined settings shown in the display. This
way it will always use the predefined settings, and
not the settings assigned to a particular file.
switches to single list view.
The fade duration is adjusted with the FADE TIME
control, where as, it is important to mind that this
refers to the whole time frame. Meaning, if the
window isn't completely filled, the real fade time
shortens accordingly.
Adjusting fade time
A manually controlled fade can be created with
the MANUAL FADE control
Fader between player A and B
To the top right of the display, the balancing of
both channels while fading can be observed. The
vertical white line indicates the actual position
on the time axis.
In single play list mode,
the Cross-Fader
appears in a modified
layout. Since this mode
is normally used during
auto fading, six pre
defined fade settings
have been added to
choose from. Also the
sliders allow for more
accurate adjustment. In
the bottom are you can switch back to dual list
view by clicking the button.