Thank you Slau. Awesome.
HF
On 9/21/10, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote:
Awesome post Slau, thanks for passing on the wisdom!
On 9/21/10, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Herman,
First, to edit out clicks and pops, make sure you're in Shuffle mode so
any
audio you delete will cause the subsequent region to move forward to close
the gap. Scrub to the unwanted sound and move back just a bit (to give
yourself room for an extra silent crossfade. Hold down the shift key and
scrub forward to just beyond the unwanted sound. Press delete. In some
cases, there might be no need for a crossfade if the background is quiet
enough. If a crossfade is needed, do the following:
Select from just before the edit point to just after the edit point. Think
of it as putting a piece of adhesive tape across a folded seam. Once
you've
selected the area, press Control-f. This will create a crossfade with the
default shape. If you'd like to choose different curves, instead of
pressing
Control-f, press Command-f which brings up the fades dialog. If you want
independent in and out shapes, make sure to unlink the fades. I think the
shortcut for that is to use Shift-down arrow twice to select that radio
button but the control is there so you can just move to the radio button
to
check its status.
Next, use Control-left and right arrows to control the fade out shape and
Option-left and right arrows to control the in shape. Be aware that, from
left to right, in a crossfade, you have an out fade which is fading out
the
outgoing audio and a fade in which is fading in the incoming audio in the
timeline. There are 7 shapes which don't cycle around so, if you press
Control-left arrow several times, you'll eventually end up on the first
shape so you'll always know where your starting point is. Although the
shapes are difficult to describe, I'll do my best. Remember, you have to
think of the fade as a result over time so we're talking about what
happens
over the course of a selection of audio. that said, the seven shapes are:
1. Instant fade at beginning. this instantly fades the out going audio at
the start of the selection.
2. Very fast attack, very slow release. This fades the outgoing audio
abruptly at the start of the selection but, once it reaches it's middle
point, it continues to fade out very slowly. The shape is very convex, if
you can think in geometric terms.
3. Fast Attack, slow release. This shape is less concave and has a less
dramatic result than the second fade out.
4. Medium attack, medium release. This is actually a steady fade out over
time. It's logarithmic which means it's power is cut in half with each
doubling of time. Simply put, it fades out steadily and is the default
shape.
5. Slow attack, fast release. This fade starts slowly and speeds up a bit
toward the end of the selection. It's concave just like fades 2 3 only
the
convex shape is inverted to the opposite side.
6. Very slow attack, very fast release. This is just a more exaggerated
version of the previous shape.
7. Instant fade out at end of selection. This is essentially no fade at
all
except at the very end of the selection.
The in shapes are the same as above only in reverse. that is, instant fade
in at start, very fast fade in with a very slow release, fast fade in with
a
very slow release, steady fade in, slow attack with a fast release, very
slow attack with a very fast release and instant fade in at end of
selection.
Again, all of this is harder to explain than it is to simply hear.
The subjet can be much more complex in terms of how to implement different
types of combinations of fade ins and outs for various applications but I
think that should help clarify a bit.
HTH,
Slau
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