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Creating fades to smooth out audio edits - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Pro Tools: Audio for Film and Video
Creating fades to smooth out audio edits
Fades and crossfades are huge helpers we can use as we smooth over the transitions in our dialog tracks. But before we use any fades, let's look at our default fade preferences. Go to Pro Tools > Preferences and in the Editing tab we have our Default Fade Settings. Let's take a look at the Crossfade, for example. By default, Pro Tools sets it up as an Equal Gain crossfade. Actually, what we want to be using mostly in post-production is an Equal Power crossfade. On an Equal Power crossfade, the midpoint attenuates 3 dBs, and we should use this for crossing two regions that contain separate material. There may be a time when we use Equal Gain crossfades, but we really only want to use them when we are cutting two sections on the same piece of audio, fading and overlapping the same sound. It attenuates 6 dBs at the midpoint and prevents any unwanted increase in volume at the cut. So let's change that back to Equal Power, and we will change our fade in and our fade out to Equal Power as…
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Organizing the dialog tracks5m
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Optimizing the dialog in the first pass4m 30s
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Using room tone4m 10s
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Creating fades to smooth out audio edits5m 4s
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Understanding sound effects, ambiences, and backgrounds7m 12s
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Sweetening and hard effects6m 52s
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Processing tips for sound effects8m 46s
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Bringing emotion to the mix with music tracks5m 33s
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Leveraging clip-based gain in Pro Tools 102m 51s
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Exploring AudioSuite enhancements in Pro Tools 102m 57s
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