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crossfading across tracks (automatically)
I searched but could not find the answer.
I know how to insert a volume envelope and add points, but adding and moving those points only affects one track. How do I “crossfade” between tracks? (I actually don’t need any fade – it can be an instant 100% on-off binary switch.)
(I’m using Vegas Pro 9.0c.)
I know I can switch from the Normal Edit Tool to the Envelope Edit Tool, but that does not solve my problem.
I could splice the tracks, then mute sections, but: the exact location of splices would probably change, and I won’t know of those changes until many other edits have been made, and I don’t want to end up needing to backtrack several steps and repeat the still wanted edits. Nor do I want dozens of ignore-able splices, which would make it difficult to see the true section boundaries.
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To crossfade two audio events, simply drag one over the other with the time space you desire. If you right click you can alter the speed and ease of the crossfade. Same for video.
If the audio events are on seperate tracks, right click and add ‘volume’ envelope to both of them, bringing one down and the other up for the crossfade.
You can also right click these to change the ease of the fade.
Daniel Hughes
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As Daniel says, it’s easiest to somply overlap events on the same track to create crossfades.
For simple crossfades between events on different tracks, you don’t even need envelopes.
Just add a fade out or in on the events that you want to fade between. Hover your mouse over the top corner of an event (audio or video) and you’ll see the cursor change to a little quarter circle, indicating fade. Drag the top corner left or right to set the fade length.
All you need for video crossfades is a fade on the upper track so that the lower track starts to show though. For audio crossfades, you need to create matching fades on both events.
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