Quick Audio Fades

[Max Frank]

Hi Jerry,

This may be what you’re looking for:
https://www.rippletraining.com/engine/index.php?action=docs&doc=340

If it’s just the audio you want to transition, then of course, you can alt-highlight just the audio tracks and follow the instructions above.

And if each clip is separated from the next, it should ‘ramp up’ up the audio as part of the transition.

Hope this helps.

Much Kudos to Steve Martin & his Ripple Training team!

Wayne K.

[Chris Poisson]

Jerry,

If you set the rubber bands on the first clip and copy it, select all the other clips and go to go to edit>paste attributes, check scale attribute times and check levels, you will get the keyframes instantly. The only manual thing you will have to do is drag the keyfremes to the same duration, because different length clips will get the fades stretched by percentage.

Should save you some time at least.

[Jerrold Le tourneau]

Not quite. I have only digitized the exact audio segments (no video – audio only) I need and did not capture excess for transitions. So, I get an error message “insufficient content for edit” using any transitions. I did this because I have over 30 hours of material to convert. I’m looking to smooth the beginning and end of each clip. So adjusting audio key frames is the only way I have found so far.

[Jerrold Le tourneau]

Thanks Chris…. Looks like this is about as automated as I gonna get for this step of the process. Now if only to find a way to set default Flip4MAC settings so I don’t have to adjust each time for the dozen or so batch exports because of FCP’s timeline 4 hour limit.

Jerry

[Chris Poisson]

Jerry,

Two things, Compression Master3 is almost twice as fast as flop4Mac at making wmvs. Plus, it has a great batch window.

Second, can’t you just put up wav files for this?

[Bill]

Chris’s suggestion is near perfect! If fcp would add a fadeup/fade down audio transisiton you could rebatch your audio and use the overwrite with transitions method……….. but until then Chris your the man. Now if we could only highlight multiple keyframes and move them….. just another item to the wishlist.

[Chris Poisson]

Well thanks Bill,

Actually, check out this brilliant workaround for pasting keyframes, sort of. This is in a “copying keyframes” thread a bit down the page. Good stuff.

Depending on what you’re doing, why not split the clip after the keyframes, then duplicate the clip and move it after. Then if it’s footage, slip it to match up the timecodes. Another way to use paste attributes a little differently is to duplicate the clip with the keyframes, then copy the footage you want to fill it and when you paste attributes, paste the content rather than the keyframes. This pastes content into the keyframes you originally wanted to duplicate.

[Jerrold Le tourneau]

Thanks for the assist Chris. I’m off and running now As for why WMV and not WAV because it what the IT folks requested. And can get better compression after all I am working with about 30 hours worth of audio. I will look into the other software but for now will use Flip4Mac because it’s the only thing I’ve got and nobody is willing to hand over the cash for something else.

Great Key Frame info… I’ll be sure to use in other projects too.

[Jerrold Le tourneau]

Thanks for the assist Chris. I’m off and running now As for why WMV and not WAV because it what the IT folks requested. And can get better compression after all I am working with about 30 hours worth of audio. I will look into the other software but for now will use Flip4Mac because it’s the only thing I’ve got and nobody is willing to hand over the cash for something else.

Great Key Frame info… I’ll be sure to use in other projects too.

[Bill]

I have used the cut after keyframes with video before, i have created a few transitions and saved them as favorites and/or paste them in when needed. i have never really had to think about it in audio terms because we have a department that sweetens all of our promos. But in case I ever do I am fully prepared to thanks to you.