Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 359)

Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement 359
Creating Fades With the Fade Tool
As you’d perhaps expect, a fade in starts at the beginning, and a fade out occurs at the
end of an audio region. Fades are only visible if you are sufficiently zoomed in to see
the waveform in the audio region.
Important: You can not create fades on Apple Loop files, represented as regions in the
Arrange window. In fact, the Fade parameters are not shown in the Inspector when an
Apple Loop region is selected.
To create a fade in or fade out:
1 Select the Crossfade tool.
2 Click-drag over the start or end point of an audio region.
This creates a fade in or fade out. The length of the fade drag area determines the
length of the fade, so a longer drag area will result in a longer fade time, and a shorter
drag area, a quick fade.
To create a crossfade between two files:
m Drag over the end point of one audio region, or the start point of the following region
with the Crossfade tool.
This works, even if the two sections don’t directly adjoin each other.
To delete a fade:
m Option-click on an existing fade area with the Crossfade tool.
To change an existing fade:
m Simply drag over the start or end point of a region with the Crossfade tool. The curve
shape (see below) of the previous fade is retained.