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Wiry Posts: 89	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 6:39 am  I have never used the cross fade feature before and I can't seem to find it. The manual says it's in the Edit menu, but not on my version of CEP (the latest). Just point me in the right direction. Thanks
Wiry Posts: 89	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 6:42 am  Also, while I'm at it, about editing ... when I enlarge it so I can see it clearly enough to make an efficient edit, it runs so fast I can't hear it. Is there a way to slow it down? Slowly but surely (7 months) I'm getting there.
Syntrillium M.D. Location: USA Posts: 5124	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 9:12 am  The crossfade function can be found in the Multitrack View, under Edit>Crossfade. You'll want to have your first piece of audio in one track, and the second piece of audio in the second track. Highlight the space between the two files where you want to crossfade and go to the edit menu. Select a fade pattern (linear, sinusoidal, etc) and that's it! ---Syntrillium, M.D. _________________
Havoc Posts: 735	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:45 am  I have one problem with the crossfade: how can I tell CEP wich track to fade in and wich to fade out. CEP seems to select ramdomly. Some times it even fade out both tracks. Tried diferent ways of selecting, but can not get this licked.
Syntrillium M.D. Location: USA Posts: 5124	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:26 pm  The files must be placed in the correct order, ie, Fade Out file on top, Fade In file on the bottom. Their edges should obviously be slightly overlapped. ---Syntrillium, M.D. _________________
SteveG Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6695	Posted - Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:51 pm  Since I know that Wiry's trying to achieve a difficult loop join, rather than just trying to cross-fade two files, the following might be perhaps a little use: Have a copy of the file in a clipboard, and use the 'Mix Paste' function. Put a tick in the 'overlap/mix' box, and in the 'crossfade' box put a tick and a pretty short number, probably - a few ms should do it. You may have to experiment with the settings a bit to achieve the desired result, though. And you could try some of the other options in there as well... Hope that this is some help. Steve _________________
Wiry Posts: 89	Posted - Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:41 am  Steve ... I know this is really stupid, but what is a "tick?" Like a "tock?" You are really a help. Thanks for being there.
jonrose Location: USA Posts: 2901	Posted - Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:47 am  American translation of "tick" = put a "checkmark" in the appropriate box. ;-) _________________
SteveG Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6695	Posted - Wed Oct 17, 2001 12:32 pm  Two nations divided... blah blah (again!) Thanks, Jon Steve _________________
Wiry Posts: 89	Posted - Wed Oct 17, 2001 12:41 pm  ok I did it .... used 5 as my number ... that didn't do it ... could you give me just a short explanation of what I'm trying to do by mixing the copy over the original? Am I trying to mix it just a little bit off center to get rid of the increase in sound that I hear? Thanks again.
SteveG Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6695	Posted - Wed Oct 17, 2001 6:28 pm  Quote: ok I did it .... used 5 as my number ... that didn't do it ... could you give me just a short explanation of what I'm trying to do by mixing the copy over the original? Am I trying to mix it just a little bit off center to get rid of the increase in sound that I hear? Thanks again. You may find that you have to highlight the crossfade section and drop the level just over that bit. The worst case is that you are increasing it by 3dB. This is what happens when you add two waveforms together, and also why multitrack mixdowns seem to increase in level, even though none of the individual tracks are that loud. The purpose of the crossfade is to attempt to hide the transition, which you say you can hear. Steve _________________
Wiry Posts: 89	Posted - Thu Oct 18, 2001 12:26 pm  Thanks, Steve. I appreciate it
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