Subject:Crossfading in Acid Pro

Posted by: cyberbeat

Date:9/22/2000 11:27:00 AM

How can you cross fade two tracks in Acid Pro? Also, is it
possible to cut out a portion of the project you're working
on in Acid? I know you can delete events, but I need to
actually splice a section of the project. I've read
through the documentation and didn't find an answer.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Subject:Re: Crossfading in Acid Pro

Reply by: ATP

Date:9/25/2000 4:32:00 PM

cross fading tracks:

1. select the specific events on both tracks and press V. a line will
appear in both events. this line controls the volume.

2. in the first track, decide where you want to start the cross fade
and double click on the volume line at that exact point. A marker
will appear. Do the same for the second track, and make sure both
markers are at the same position.

3. now go back to the first track and decide where you want the cross
fade to be complete. double click in the volume line at the specific
location. a marker appears. drag it all the way down.

4. in the second track, create a marker at the same position as the
marker you just dragged down in the first one. go back to the first
marker in this track and drag that one all the way down.

5. now you have a "perfect" cross fade.

still with me? ;)
basically what you do is you fade out one track whereas you fade in
another track at the same time, much like any hardware cross fader.
it may look a little complicated, but once you've done it, and you
can see/hear the result i'm sure it'll make perfect sense. :)

i'm afraid i don't quite understand what it is exactly that you want
to split. is it an event, or something else?

good luck.
ATP

Stephen Clark wrote:
>>How can you cross fade two tracks in Acid Pro? Also, is it
>>possible to cut out a portion of the project you're working
>>on in Acid? I know you can delete events, but I need to
>>actually splice a section of the project. I've read
>>through the documentation and didn't find an answer.
>>Thanks in advance for your help.

Subject:Re: Crossfading in Acid Pro

Reply by: cyberbeat

Date:9/25/2000 6:43:00 PM

Thanks for explaining how to cross fade. I think I understand now
how to do it. As far as my other question, I was wondering if
there's any way to cut out a portion of a song or project (not just
an event). Say for example I have a song that I'm working on and I
want to delete four measures in the middle of the song. Can this be
done in Acid, or do I have to mix the entire thing down first and do
it with SoundForge?

ATP wrote:
>>cross fading tracks:
>>
>>1. select the specific events on both tracks and press V. a line
will
>>appear in both events. this line controls the volume.
>>
>>2. in the first track, decide where you want to start the cross
fade
>>and double click on the volume line at that exact point. A marker
>>will appear. Do the same for the second track, and make sure both
>>markers are at the same position.
>>
>>3. now go back to the first track and decide where you want the
cross
>>fade to be complete. double click in the volume line at the
specific
>>location. a marker appears. drag it all the way down.
>>
>>4. in the second track, create a marker at the same position as the
>>marker you just dragged down in the first one. go back to the first
>>marker in this track and drag that one all the way down.
>>
>>5. now you have a "perfect" cross fade.
>>
>>still with me? ;)
>>basically what you do is you fade out one track whereas you fade in
>>another track at the same time, much like any hardware cross fader.
>>it may look a little complicated, but once you've done it, and you
>>can see/hear the result i'm sure it'll make perfect sense. :)
>>
>>i'm afraid i don't quite understand what it is exactly that you
want
>>to split. is it an event, or something else?
>>
>>good luck.
>>ATP
>>
>>Stephen Clark wrote:
>>>>How can you cross fade two tracks in Acid Pro? Also, is it
>>>>possible to cut out a portion of the project you're working
>>>>on in Acid? I know you can delete events, but I need to
>>>>actually splice a section of the project. I've read
>>>>through the documentation and didn't find an answer.
>>>>Thanks in advance for your help.

Subject:Re: Crossfading in Acid Pro

Reply by: ATP

Date:9/26/2000 10:01:00 AM

Well, the only thing I can think of is splitting each event. So, set
your cursor to the point where you want to begin splitting and split
each event from each track at that point. Do the same at the place
where you want to end the split. Then delete the events you want to
get rid of (you can select them all at once with the Mouse Tool). Now
you have a gap in your song, and your song is basically divided into
two parts. Select the latter part (again with the Mouse Tool) and
drag it to the first, so that it fits.

Hmm, I hope you can make any sense of this. :) English is not my
native language so it's sometimes hard to find the right words.

Stephen Clark wrote:
>>Thanks for explaining how to cross fade. I think I understand now
>>how to do it. As far as my other question, I was wondering if
>>there's any way to cut out a portion of a song or project (not just
>>an event). Say for example I have a song that I'm working on and I
>>want to delete four measures in the middle of the song. Can this
be
>>done in Acid, or do I have to mix the entire thing down first and
do
>>it with SoundForge?