[Dave Blaire]

This isn’t at all what I’m talking about. I’m talking about an audio crossfade. There’s a difference between the dissolve and crossfade. You can set default lengths for both dissolve and crossfade in preferences (and you can use a dissolve on audio as well as the crossfade, but I’m talking about crossfade only here).

The indicator for crossfade are the two little curves on the end of the clips (this looks exactly like the fade out / fade in little curves, which is also an issue that these look exactly the same).

When you drag one of these curves to the left and the other to the right, lengthening the crossfade, it no longer acts like a crossfade, but like a fade out / fade in of audio.

Give it a try. Go to preferences / editing, and set the default crossfade to .5 seconds. Then, go to an audio edit point, select both sides of the edit so both clips to right and left are highlighted, and use the shortcut to apply the audio crossfade (you’ll have to check what this is, I have a custom one for it). You’ll see the two little curves applied at the edit point. Grab the little icon that looks like a 1 in a circle and drag these curves way out. When you play, unless I’m doing something really wrong, you’ll find there is not a crossfade anymore, but the clip on the left will fade out to silence and the one on the right will fade in from silence.

[Dave Blaire]

Thanks

[Dave Blaire]

Thanks!

[Dave Blaire]

By the way, if anyone’s interested in learning my particular style of Premiere editing (with 30 or so custom keyboard shortcuts) check out https://davidblairportfolio.com/daves-premiere-pro-tutorial

[Dave Blaire]

Thanks!

[Dave Blaire]

Cool – thanks for the insight.

[Dave Blaire]

Also – I know there’s a way to have two windows – to bring up a Source window, and that you can use Position to turn off the magneticness of the timeline.

My question is more about tracks (as in V1 V2 A1 A2, etc), and just a general mode where it’s more like traditional NLEs. The more I can use this just like Premiere would be the best…

– D

[Dave Blaire]

Hi – just to clarify – I understand FCPX works differently than FCP 7, Premiere, etc., and I understand the magnetic time line. My question is, is there an editing mode in FCPX that makes it more like using those traditional NLEs.

Thanks –

D

[Dave Blaire]

Thanks for the info. I’ve since suggested to the owners here to not get such an expensive system that will lock them in to 16TB when in just a few years there will probably be something much faster cheaper and better.

I’m thinking we’ll go with the Caldigit HDOne 4TB.

– Dave

[Dave Blaire]

Colin,

My company is thinking about getting the G-Speed 3tb – I read a post that said you are using one and it’s running great. Are you using fiber? We’re thinking of using it with ethernet to a fiber switch and wondering how well that works for people.

Thanks for any information,

Dave