Fading In and Out

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

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

Perform a graphic fade Closed

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

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

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

  3. Adjust the envelope to achieve the desired sound:

    • Drag the small envelope points up or down.
    • To create a new envelope point, double-click the envelope.
    • To delete an envelope point, right-click it and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
    • To change the fade curve between two points, right-click an envelope segment and choose a command from the shortcut menu:
    • Fade Type

      Fade In/Out Envelope

      Linear Fade

      Fast Fade

      Slow Fade

      Smooth Fade

      Sharp Fade

      Hold

    • To move all envelope points, press Ctrl+A and drag when the envelope has focus (the cursor will be displayed as a ).

    • Select a radio button in the Maximum Gain group to adjust the range of the envelope graph.

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

Choose a command from the Show wave drop-down list if you want to display the waveform in the envelope graph.

If you're working with a multichannel file, you can choose to view individual channels or the mixed waveform.

The waveform is unavailable when the selection is greater than 300,000 samples.

Fade inClosed

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

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

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

Fade outClosed

  1. Select the data you want to fade.

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

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