Fading In and Out

Process Menu

From the Process menu, choose Fade and choose a command from the submenu to vary the volume of a sound file over time.

What do you want to do?

Perform a graphic fade

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

If no data is selected, the fade is applied to the entire file.

  1. From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose Graphic from the submenu.

  2. Adjust the envelope to achieve the desired sound:

You can create up to 16 envelope points. Click the Reset Envelope button to remove all but the outer two envelope points.

Displaying the waveform

When your selection is small, the waveform is automatically displayed in the envelope graph. Perform the following steps if the waveform is not displayed.

  1. Select the Show wave check box.

  2. If you're working with a stereo file, choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which channels are displayed.

For more information about using processing dialog controls, click here.

Fade in

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

If no data is selected, the fade is applied to the entire file.

  1. Choose Fade In to perform a linear fade from -Inf. to 0 dB.

Fade out

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

If no data is selected, the fade is applied to the entire file.

  1. Choose Fade Out to perform a linear fade from 0 dB to -Inf.