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Fades, crossfades, and envelopes
Auto fades and crossfades
Auto fades and crossfades
Cubase features an Auto Fade function that can be set both globally, and separately
for each audio track. The idea behind the Auto Fade function is to create smoother
transitions between events by applying short (1 to 500
ms) fade ins and fade outs.
Ö Auto fades are not indicated by fade lines!
Play buttons These buttons allow you to audition the whole crossfade, or the
fade out part, or the fade in part. You can set up key commands for
this in the following categories of the Key Commands dialog:
Media category – Preview Start (triggers crossfade playback),
Preview Stop (stops crossfade playback).
Transport category – StartStop (triggers global playback), Stop
(stops global playback) and StartStop Preview (triggers crossfade
playback).
For further information, see “Key commands” on page 711.
Pre-roll and Post-roll Activate pre-roll to start playback before the fade area. Activate
post-roll to stop playback after the fade area.
In the time fields you can enter the desired time (in seconds and
milliseconds) for the pre-roll and post-roll length.
Length This specifies the length of the crossfade area. Cubase tries to
center the crossfade, i.
e. the length change will be applied equally
to both sides. To be able to resize a crossfade, it must be possible
to resize the corresponding event. For example, if the fade out
event already plays its audio clip to the end, its end point cannot
be moved any further to the right.
Presets section Click the Store button to the right of the Presets pop-up menu to
save the settings of your crossfade so that you can apply them to
other events later.
To rename a preset, double-click on the name and type in a new
one.
To remove a preset, select it on the pop-up menu and click the
Delete button.
Default buttons Click the As Default button to save the current settings as default.
These settings will then be used whenever you create new
crossfades.
Click the Recall Default button to apply the curves and settings of
the default crossfade to the Crossfade dialog.
Option Description
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As event-based fades are calculated in realtime during playback, a higher number of
audio events provokes to a higher the demand on the processor when Auto Fades is
activated.