Pro Tools Fade Question.

[Vercingetorix]

Hi guys,

I recorded a small guitar track and for some reason there is a small pop where I finished the recording. No problem I thought I'll just fade it out. No pop and get a smooth lowering of the volume as well, kill two birds with 1 stone.

Now I enabled the smart tool you know those three buttons all together and then went down and clicked in the Guitar track, moved into the top right corner at the end of the track, and waited for the small fade thingy to appear and it never did . The only thing that is there is that "E" symbol. Apparently from the vids on YouTube that is all you have to do.

So what am I doing wrong in this case!

And a further question if I want to fade/crossfade a MIDI track, do I first need to convert it to an audio track first?

If anyone can help here is a big THANKYOU in advance .

Thanks guys.

[Vercingetorix]

Well, after restarting ProTools twice just to see what might happen - the fade thingy actually appeared. Yep, I love having to re-load ProTools always lots of fun. At least using the 11R edit window didn't make ProTools disappear, well, for the last two days anyway.

[Dism]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

Well, after restarting ProTools twice just to see what might happen - the fade thingy actually appeared. Yep, I love having to re-load ProTools always lots of fun. At least using the 11R edit window didn't make ProTools disappear, well, for the last two days anyway.

Have you tried any troubleshooting? Deleted prefs and dbs? What OS? Pro Tools version?

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by Dism

Have you tried any troubleshooting? Deleted prefs and dbs? What OS? Pro Tools version?

I'll have to delete the thing and re-install it ever since I changed the partition size on the C:\ drive ProTools has been going bonkers and doing all sorts of weird and wonderful things. Even though ProTools is not on a partition but a completely separate drive I suppose it's all related.

The only problem is that the original ProTools disks have been, ummm, misplaced .

[Dism]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

I'll have to delete the thing and re-install it ever since I changed the partition size on the C:\ drive ProTools has been going bonkers and doing all sorts of weird and wonderful things. Even though ProTools is not on a partition but a completely separate drive I suppose it's all related.

Oh boy, yeah there's a bunch of problems right there.

First off, Pro Tools should never be installed on any drive other than the OS drive. That's just begging for problems.

Second, you should never have any reason to change the C: partition size. Also asking for problems. The OS drive should be a whole drive by itself, with whatever software needs to be on the same drive (like Pro Tools, Adobe needs certain files to be there, too).