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Fades, crossfades, and envelopes
Creating fades
There are two types of fade ins and fade outs in audio events in Cubase: event-based
fades that you create by using the fade handles and clip-based fades created by
processing (see
“Clip-based fades” on page 145).
Event-based fades
Selected audio events have triangular handles in the upper left and right corners.
These can be dragged to create a fade in or fade out, respectively.
Creating a
fade in
The fade is automatically reflected in the shape of the event’s waveform, giving you a visual
feedback of the result when dragging the fade handle.
Fades created with the handles are not applied to the audio clip as such but
calculated in realtime during playback. This means that several events referring to the
same audio clip can have different fade curves. It also means that having a large
number of fades may require more processing power.
• If you select multiple events and drag the fade handles of one of them, the same
fade is applied to all selected events.
• A fade can be edited in the Fade dialog, as described on the following pages.
You open the dialog by double-clicking in the area above the fade curve, or by
selecting the event and selecting “Open Fade Editor(s)” from the Audio menu
(note that this will open two dialogs if the event has both fade in and fade out
curves).
If you adjust the shape of the fade curve in the Fade dialog, this shape will be
maintained when you later adjust the length of the fade.
• You can make the fade longer or shorter at any time, by dragging the handle.
You can do this without selecting the event first, i. e. without visible handles. Just
move the mouse pointer along the fade curve until the cursor turns into a
bidirectional arrow, then click and drag.
• If the “Show Event Volume Curves Always” option is activated in the Preferences
dialog (Event Display–Audio page), fade curves are shown in all events, regardless
of whether they are selected or not.
If the option is deactivated, the fade curves are shown in selected events only.
The fade handles are visible when you point
the mouse at the event.