Fade Preferences Question

[Steve@ZooWest]

On 7.4.2 PPC.

Is there a way to set preferences such that when you select across several edits to batch fade, the first and last edits do crossfades instead of fade-in at the beginning and fade-out at the end? Not seeing any such option in the normal preferences.

[CygnusX-1Bk2]

Batch fade would be nice but I don't think so. You can set default fade types in the preferences but all fades are done manually.

[Steve@ZooWest]

By batch fade I just meant when you highlight across several audio regions and then Splat-F to create crossfades across all the edits.

[bradch00]

On a Mac it's Command-F. If you highlight several regions you can create fades for them. You will get a dialogue window that allows you to define what type of fades you want.
Chapter 18, page 343 of the PT 7.x reference manual describes the process in more detail.

[Steve@ZooWest]

Yes, Command - F is what I meant by "Splat - F". Creating multiple fades is not the problem.

The issue is that the first and last fades are fade in and fade out as opposed to crossfades, which for my workflow would be more advantageous.

[CygnusX-1Bk2]

Sorry misunderstood the question. Grouped tracks can be faded simultaneously. Cmd+F is the standard fade command. But with the title of preferences I was thinking in the preferences where can set default fade types for In, Out and Crossfade but nothing for multiples.

For whatever reason I was imagining multiple fades within a track.

[Steve@ZooWest]

My fault as well. I said 'fades' a couple times when 'crossfades' was/is the issue at hand.

[suicune]

Well, in the batch fade dialog if you uncheck 'create new fade ins & outs' leaving 'create new fades' checked it will only create crossfades in adjacent regions and won't create any fade in/outs. But I don't entirely understand what you mean when you say you want a crossfade on the first and last region - what do you want it to crossfade with ?

[Steve@ZooWest]

Let's say I've recorded a take for a whole tune, and in the middle of the track, the performer rushed 8 lines in a row, but by varying amounts. So I chop it up into pieces, nudge each region appropriately, and then wish to put crossfades on each of the splices, including the first and last, which are not at the beginning or end of the recorded performance.

If I highlight across all the affected regions I've been editing, PT automatically makes the first splice a fade-in, and the last a fade-out. I would like them all to be crossfades. By unchecking create new fade-ins and fade-outs, it doesn't create crossfades on the first and last edit points - it does nothing.

[suicune]

Oh I see what you're saying. No I don't think it will do that, it will only create crossfades when there is a region boundary within your selection. If you just grab some regions in between other ones it won't see that them as being adjoining because the preceding and following regions are not within your selection. You'd have to extend your selection so that it overlaps the adjoining regions to get it to work. You could do this fairly quickly using the extend selection by nudge value shortcuts if that's any help?