The Crossfade Dialog

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The Crossfade dialog allows you to specify how audio will be crossfaded. The options on this dialog are explained below.

For information about crossfading data, click here.

Item

Description

Name

Choose a preset from the drop-down list, or click the Save As button to save the current dialog settings in a new preset.

Source Start and End levels

Drag the Start Level and End Level faders to adjust the linear fade applied to the source data before mixing with the destination.

The fade is applied to the overlapping area between the source and destination data (displayed as Crossfade length in the lower right-hand corner of the dialog). If you perform a crossfade close to the end of a file, the crossfade length may be shortened, producing a more abrupt fade.

Destination Start and End levels

Drag the Start Level and End Level faders to adjust the linear fade applied to the destination data.

Destination data following the crossfade end point is not affected.

Start crossfade at

When no selection is present, the linear fade starts at the cursor position. When there is a selection in the destination data window, you can perform the crossfade starting at the beginning or end of the selection:

  • Click the Start of selection radio button to start the crossfade at the beginning of the selection.

  • Click the End of selection radio button to start the crossfade at the end of the selection.

Tune

When crossfading two sound files, phase cancellation of some frequencies often occurs. Very small delays can cause audible differences in tone quality. The Tune control allows you to minimize (or maximize, if you so desire) this effect.

Notes:

  • This command has no effect if the clipboard is empty.

  • Crossfading data of different sample rates will cause the data on the clipboard to play at the same rate as the destination file.