DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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When the crossfade sounds right, click
OK
.
The fade is calculated and written to disk, but
the audio files and regions remain unchanged.
Crossfades are stored in the Fade Files folder in
the session folder.
To remove a crossfade, do one of the following:
„
Select the area of the track containing any
crossfades you want to delete and choose
Edit >
Fades > Delete .
„
Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber
tool and press Backspace (Windows) or Delete
(Mac).
„
Right-click the crossfade with any of the edit
tools and select
Delete Fades
from the pop-up
menu.
To trim a crossfade:
1
Select the crossfade with the Time Grabber
tool, or double-click it with the Selector tool.
2
With any of the Trimmer tools, trim either
side of the crossfade. The crossfade is recalcu-
lated to reflect the newly trimmed length.
Crossfades on Tick-Based Audio Tracks
Crossfades are re-rendered after changing tempo
in a tick-based audio track. The new crossfade is
the same duration as the crossfade prior to the
tempo change.
If there is not enough audio material to com-
plete the crossfade, or if the new crossfade area
falls outside of valid region boundaries, the
crossfade is removed.
Pre and Post Crossfade Selections
By making a selection that begins or ends pre-
cisely on the border of two regions, you can cre-
ate “pre” or “post” crossfades. Use the Tab key to
place the insertion point at the exact beginning
or end of a region.
To create a pre- or post-crossfade:
1
With the Selector tool, click in the track that
contains the regions you want to crossfade.
2
Do one of the following:
• Press Tab to move forward to the next
region boundary.
– or –
• Press Tab (Windows) or
Tab (Mac) to move back to the
previous region boundary.
3
Extend the selection as follows:
• Shift-drag to adjust your selection, or press
Shift+Tab to extend the selection forward
to the next region boundary.
– or –
• Press Shift+Tab (Windows) or
Shift+Tab (Mac) to extend the
selection back to the previous region
boundary.
4
Do one of the following:
• Choose
Edit > Fades > Create
.
– or –
• Press F (Windows) or
F (Mac).
5
Select a fade type and click
OK
.
Crossfade lengths can be resized with any of
the Trimmer tools, including Nudge Trim
commands. See “Using the Trimmer Tools”
on page 458 and “Trimming with Nudge”
on page 502.