Auto X-Fade (Crossfade) - Mackie HDR24 Editing Manual

Auto X-Fade (Crossfade)

When assembling chunks of audio, crossfading between two adjacent sections is
often employed to make the transition between them sound seamless. In razor
blade editing, we crossfade by making a diagonal cut across the tape, creating a
small portion of time where both sections are playing together. When crossfading
is active on the HDR24/96, a crossfade is automatically generated over the entire
overlapping area when one region is placed on top of another. The outgoing audio
fades down, while the incoming audio fades up.
Crossfade time on the HDR24/96 is adjustable from zero to nearly the entire
region length, with three different volume curve shapes. The crossfade occurs in
the area where the regions overlap, but, since regions and crossfade times can be
resized at any time, it's easy to move the point at which the crossfade begins and
adjust the crossfade length for a smooth-sounding transition. Zooming in to the
crossfade area will help you to visualize what you're hearing, but you should
always evaluate your edits by ear.
X-FADE On) and a fixed, 10 millisecond fade at the boundary of the two
overlapping regions (AUTO X-FADE Off). On or off, however, there will always be
a finite crossfade time when regions overlap unless you manually shrink it to zero.
The crossfade curves (rate of change of volume) come in three flavors - slow, fast
and linear. These can be selected from the Region Editor or from a pop-up menu
when right-clicking in the crossfade area. The crossfade is represented in the on-
screen waveform view by a red line which is easily visible when zooming in on a
splice.
See the note on the next page....
When performing musical
edits, it is important not
only to place the edit so
that musical timing is
correct, but to choose a
splice point so that the
splice is inaudible.
Experiment with
crossfade time and splice
position to obtain the
smoothest edits.
The AUTO X-FADE
button is located in the
Drag/Edit section of the
GUI tools panel. It toggles
between a crossfade
extending over the entire
overlapping area (AUTO
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