Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Fades, crossfades, and envelopes
The Fade dialogs
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The available options are:
Curve Kind
These buttons determine whether the fade curve consists of spline curve 
segments (left button), damped spline segments (middle button), or linear 
segments (right button).
Fade display
This shows the shape of the fade curve. The resulting waveform shape is 
shown in dark gray, with the current waveform shape in light gray.
Click on the curve to add points, and click and drag existing points to change 
the shape....

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Creating crossfades
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Applying a fade
Depending on whether you are editing a fade made with the fade handles or 
applying a fade using processing, different buttons are shown in the bottom row of 
the Fade dialog.
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
OK
Applies the set fade curve to the event, and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without applying any fade.
Apply
Applies the set fade curve to the event, without closing the dialog.
The Process Fade...

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Creating crossfades
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NOTE
The default crossfade length and shape are set in the Crossfade dialog.
• If the events do not overlap but are directly consecutive (lined up end-to-start, 
with no gap) it is still possible to crossfade them – provided that their 
respective audio clips overlap! In this case, the two events are resized so that 
they overlap, and a crossfade of the default length and shape is applied.
• If the events do not overlap and cannot be resized enough...

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The Crossfade dialog
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The Crossfade dialog
The Crossfade dialog contains separate, but identical, sections for the fade-in and 
fade-out curve settings in the crossfade on the left, and common settings on the 
right:
Fade curve displays
These displays show the shape of the fade out and fade in curve, respectively. 
Click on a curve to add points, click and drag existing points to change their 
shape, or drag a point outside the display to remove it.
Curve buttons
The...

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Auto fades and crossfades
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• Transport category – StartStop (triggers global playback), Stop (stops 
global playback) and StartStop Preview (triggers crossfade playback).
Pre-roll and Post-roll
Activate pre-roll to start playback before the fade area. Activate post-roll to 
stop playback after the fade area.
In the time fields you can enter the desired time (in seconds and milliseconds) 
for the pre-roll and post-roll length.
Length
This specifies the length of the...

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Auto fades and crossfades
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Making global Auto Fade settings
PROCEDURE
1. To make Auto Fades settings globally for a project, select “Auto Fades 
Settings…” from the Project menu.
This opens the Auto Fades dialog for the project.
2. Use the Length value field to specify the length of the Auto Fades or 
Crossfades (1 to 500
 ms).
3. Use the checkboxes in the upper right corner to activate or deactivate Auto 
Fade In, Auto Fade Out, and Auto Crossfades.
4. To adjust the...

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Event envelopes
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Making Auto Fade settings for individual tracks
By default, all audio tracks will use the settings you have made in the project’s Auto 
Fades dialog.
However, since Auto Fades use computing power, a better approach may be to turn 
Auto Fades off globally and activate them for individual tracks, as needed:
PROCEDURE
1. Right-click the track in the track list and select “Auto Fades Settings…” from 
the context menu (or select the track and click the...

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Event envelopes
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4. Drag the curve point to adjust the envelope shape.
The waveform image reflects the volume curve.
• You can add as many curve points as you like.
• To remove a curve point from the envelope, click on it and drag it outside the 
event.
• To remove an event envelope curve from a selected event, open the Audio 
menu and select the Remove Volume Curve option.
• The envelope curve is a part of the audio event – it will follow when you move 
or copy the...

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Arranger Track
Introduction
The arranger track allows you to work with sections of your project in a non-linear 
fashion, to simplify arranging to the maximum extent. Instead of moving, copying and 
pasting events in the Project window to create a linear project, you can define how 
different sections are to be played back, like a playlist.
For this, you can define arranger events, order them in a list, and add repeats as 
desired. This offers a different and more pattern-oriented way of working,...

Arranger Track
Working with arranger events
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3. On the Project window toolbar, make sure that Snap is activated and that the 
Snap Type is set to a mode that allows your arranger events to snap to 
appropriate positions in the project.
Snap to events is activated, i. e. when drawing in the Project window, new events will 
snap to existing events.
4. On the arranger track, use the Draw tool to draw an event of the desired 
length.
An arranger event is added, called “A” by default. Any following events...