Creating Crossfades - WaveLab Elements - 12.0

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Crossfades ensure a smooth transition from one sound to another.

You can either create individual crossfades when pasting an audio segment into another one, or you can opt for WaveLab to automatically generate crossfades whenever you perform particular editing operations.

Procedure

  1. In the Audio Editor, select the Edit tab.
  2. Make a selection at the beginning of the audio that you want to fade in.
  3. On the Cut Copy Paste panel, click Copy.
  4. Make a selection at the end of the audio that you want to fade out.
    Note

    The length of this selection determines the duration of the actual crossfade and is shown on the status bar.

    The section can be within the selected audio file or in another window. However, the selection must not be longer than the selection that you just copied.

  5. In the Paste section, select Crossfade Over Selected End.
  6. Choose a crossfade type (Linear (Equal Gain), Sinus (Equal Power), or Square-Root (Equal Power) from the pop-up menu.

Result

The crossfade is created.

Note

  • Any audio following the selection into which you paste is moved farther toward the end.

  • Any excess audio in the copied selection following the crossfade is set to full level.

Note

If both audio selections contain full level sections in the crossfade area; for example, after normalizing both files, there is a risk of clipping and distortion. To remedy this, reduce the amplitude of both files by 3 dB to 6 dB, and repeat the process.