Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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Also note that you can select multiple events and apply the same pro-
cessing to all of them simultaneously.
Fades created this way are applied to the audio clip rather than to the 
event. This has the following consequences:
• If you later create new events that refer to the same clip, these will have the 
same fades.
If other events refer to the same audio clip, you will be asked whether 
you want the processing to be applied to these events or not.
•...

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The Fade dialogs
The Fade dialogs appear when you edit an existing fade or use the 
“Fade In”/”Fade Out” functions on the Audio menu’s Process submenu. 
The picture below shows the Fade In dialog; the Fade Out dialog has 
identical settings and features.
•If you open the Fade dialog(s) with several events selected, you can 
adjust the fade curves for all these events at the same time.
This is useful if you want to apply the same type of fade-in to more...

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Restore button
The Restore button (to the right above the fade display) is only avail-
able when editing fades made by dragging the fade handles. Click 
this to cancel any changes you have made since opening the dialog.
Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Default button
Clicking the “As Default” button stores the current settings as the de-
fault fade. This shape will be used whenever you create new fades....

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

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Creating crossfades
Overlapping audio material on the same track can be crossfaded, for 
smooth transitions or special effects. You create a crossfade by se-
lecting two consecutive audio events and selecting the Crossfade 
command on the Audio menu (or using the corresponding key com-
mand, by default [X]). The result depends on whether the two events 
overlap or not:
•If the events overlap, a crossfade is created in the overlapping area.
The crossfade...

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An example:
The events in themselves do not overlap, but their clips do. Therefore, the events 
can be resized so that they overlap, which is required for a crossfade to be created.
When you select the Crossfade function, the two events are resized so that they 
overlap, and a default crossfade is created in the overlapping section.
•If the events don’t overlap, and cannot be resized enough to overlap, a 
crossfade cannot be created.
•Once you have...

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The Crossfade dialog
The Crossfade dialog contains separate settings for the fade-in and 
fade-out curve in the crossfade, as well as common settings.
The left part of the Crossfade dialog contains two sections with set-
tings for the fade-in and fade-out curves in the crossfade. These two 
sections have identical settings.
Play buttons
•The “Play Fade Out” and “Play Fade In” buttons allow you to audition 
the fade-out or fade-in part only, without the...

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Fade Displays
Shows the shape of the fade-out and fade-in curve, respectively. You 
can click on the curve to add points, and click and drag existing points 
to change the shape. To remove a point from the curve, drag it outside 
the display.
Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Equal Power and Gain
If you activate the “Equal Power” checkbox, the fade curves are ad-
justed, so that the energy (power) of the...

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Default buttons
Clicking the “As Default” button stores all of the current settings as 
the default crossfade. These settings will then be used whenever you 
create new crossfades.
•The Crossfade Length setting is included in the Default settings. 
However, it is only applied if the events to be crossfaded don’t overlap 
– otherwise the crossfade will be in the overlap area (see page 145).
Clicking the “Recall Default” button copies the curves and...

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Auto Fades and Crossfades
Cubase SE features an Auto Fade function that can be set both glo-
bally, i.e. for the entire project, and separately for each audio track. The 
idea behind the Auto Fade function is to create smoother transitions 
between events by applying short (1 - 500 ms) fade-ins and fade-outs.
As mentioned earlier, fades are calculated in real time during playback. 
This means that the larger the number of audio tracks with Auto Fades...