Sony 7 Fade - Fade Out, Insert Silence, Insert Silence controls, Inserting silence into a file

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Fade - Fade Out

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

1.Open the Musicbed.pca file and select all audio data.

2.From the Process menu, choose Fade, and choose Out from the submenu. The fade is applied, and the volume decreases over the length of the entire file.

Audio file fades out from 0 dB to -Inf.

Insert Silence

The Insert Silence command allows you to place sections of silence in audio files.

Note: You cannot insert silence into a single channel of a stereo file.

Insert Silence dialog

Inserting silence into a file

1.Open the Musicbed.pca file.

2.From the Process menu, choose Insert Silence. The Insert Silence dialog appears.

3.From the Preset drop-down list, choose 2 second standard CD pause length at start of file and click OK. Sound Forge inserts two seconds of silence at the start of the file.

Insert Silence controls

The following controls are located in the Insert Silence dialog.

Insert

Determines the length of the silent section.

At

Allows you to specify where the silence is inserted in the audio file.

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