XMode:
Can be set to “Overlapping” or “Extending”.This defines the transition mode.
“Extending” is a more musical way of setting transitions, as the relation to the beat will be
kept.
There are two different modes for the crossfades:
In “Overlapping” mode, the Regions are put on top of each other, meaning that if you have
two regions of 4 and 3 seconds, and you choose a 1 second crossfade, you will get a total
playing time of 6 seconds:
4 sec (first region)
+ 3 sec (second region)
-1 sec (crossfade duration)
= 6 seconds playing time
In “Extending” mode, the crossfade is created outside of the region borders. Depending on
the “Place” setting, the regions will be extended at the start or end – or even both. For
example, with an extending Crossfade and “Center” Place setting, the first region will be
extended at the end by half of the crossfade length; the second region will be extended at
the beginning by half of the crossfade length. So, if you have the same 3 and 4 second regions
as before, with the same crossfade of one second (but in “Extending” mode), you will get a 7
second playing time:
4 sec (first region)
+ 0.5 sec (extending region one by 1/2 crossfade length)
+ 0.5 sec (extending region two by 1/2 crossfade length)
+ 3 sec (second region)
-1 sec (crossfade duration)
= 7 seconds playing time
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B R O W S E R V I E W
2
4 seconds
region lengths
1 second
3 seconds
crossfade length
total time
R E G I O N 1
R E G I O N 2
6 seconds
4 seconds
region lengths
1 second
Extension Region 2
3 seconds
crossfade length
total time
R E G I O N 1
7 seconds
Extension Region 1
R E G I O N 2
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