Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

CUBASE SX/SLFades, crossfades and envelopes 9 – 181
• As an alternative to dragging the fade handles, you can use the items 
“Fade In to Cursor” and “Fade Out to Cursor” on the Audio menu to cre-
ate fades (Cubase SX only).
Position the project cursor on an audio event where you want a fade in to end or a fade 
out to begin, and select the appropriate option from the Audio menu. A fade will then 
be created, ranging from the event’s start or end to the position of the cursor.
Creating and adjusting fades...

CUBASE SX/SL9 – 182 Fades, crossfades and envelopes
About the volume handle
A selected audio event also has a blue handle in the top middle. This is 
the volume handle, and it provides a quick way of changing the volume 
of an event, directly in the Project window. It stands in direct correla-
tion with the volume setting in the info line, that is, dragging the volume 
handle also changes the value in the info line.
Removing fades
To remove a fade, select the event and select “Remove Fades” from 
the...

CUBASE SX/SLFades, crossfades and envelopes 9 – 183
Fades created by processing
If you have selected an audio event or a section of an audio event (us-
ing the Range Selection tool), you can apply a fade-in or fade-out to 
the selection by using the “Fade In” or “Fade Out” functions on the 
Process submenu on the Audio menu. These functions open the cor-
responding Fade dialog, allowing you to specify a fade curve.
Note that the length of the fade area is determined by your selection. In 
other words,...

CUBASE SX/SL9 – 184 Fades, crossfades and envelopes
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 sub-
menu. The picture below shows the Fade In dialog; the Fade Out dia-
log 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...

CUBASE SX/SLFades, crossfades and envelopes 9 – 185
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...

CUBASE SX/SL9 – 186 Fades, crossfades and envelopes
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...

CUBASE SX/SLFades, crossfades and envelopes 9 – 187
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...

CUBASE SX/SL9 – 188 Fades, crossfades and envelopes
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.
•Cubase SX only:...

CUBASE SX/SLFades, crossfades and envelopes 9 – 189
Removing crossfades
To remove a crossfade, select the events and select “Remove Fades” 
from the Audio menu, or use the Range Selection tool:
1.Drag the Range Selection tool in the Project window, so that the se-
lection encloses all of the fades and crossfades you wish to remove.
2.Select “Remove Fades” from the Audio menu.
•You can also remove a crossfade by clicking and dragging it outside 
the track. 

CUBASE SX/SL9 – 190 Fades, crossfades and envelopes
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...