Sony 7 Fade - Fade In, Graphic Fade Controls, Creating a custom graphic fade

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Creating a custom graphic fade

1.Open the Musicbed.pca file.

2.Select the first half of the audio (approximately 5 seconds).

3.From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose Graphic from the submenu. The Graphic Fade dialog appears.

4.From the Show wave drop-down list, choose Mono source. The Musicbed.pca waveform displays in the graph. For more information, see Show wave on page 156.

5.Edit the fade envelope using the following controls:

•Click the envelope to create a new point.

•Drag a point to move it to a new position.

•Double-click or right-click a point to delete it.

•Right-click an envelope segment and choose a new fade type from the shortcut menu.

For more information, see Envelope graphs on page 39.

6.Click OK. Sound Forge applies the custom graphic fade to the selected audio.

Graphic Fade Controls

The following controls are located in the Graphic Fade dialog.

Show wave

The Show wave drop-down list provides several settings for drawing the current selection’s waveform on the envelope graph. This function is available only for small selections.

Reset Envelope

Clicking the Reset Envelope button clears the envelope of all points except the original two.

Fade - Fade In

The Fade In command is used to linearly fade a selection from a volume of -Inf. to a volume of 0 dB. The size of the selection determines the length of the fade.

1.Open the Musicbed.pca file.

2.From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose In from the submenu. Sound Forge applies the fade, and volume increases over the length of the entire file.

Audio file fades in from -Inf. to 0 dB

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