Stefan, You can select other curve presets by using either the Control or Option modifiers with the left and right arrow keys. Select the range you wish to fade and bring up the fade dialog (Command-f, I believe). If you're dealing with a fade out, use the Control key. If you're dealing with a fade in, use the Option key. In this case, I'll refer to the Control key since you mentioned a fade out.
While holding down the Control key, use the left and right arrows to select different curves. There are 7 presets and they don't wrap around so you can press either key several times to make sure you're starting from the first (or last) curve. The curves are as follows (and I'll be referring to them in the context of a fade out): 1. instant out from the beginning of the selection. This essentially mutes the audio right from the beginning of the selection. 2. Very fast initial fade with a long tail. 3. Moderately fast fade with a moderate tail. 4. Linear fade. This is just a standard constant fade. 5. Slower initial fade with moderately fast fade toward the end. 6. Very slow initial fade with very fast fade out at the end. 7. Full volume all the way to the end with instant mute at the end. These descriptions seem perhaps a little clumsy in part because the fades are not labelled as such but are purely graphic in representation. By the way, one could think of these curves in terms of attack and release. Curves 2 and 3 have faster initial attacks and slower releases while 5 and 6 have slower attacks and faster releases. The fade characteristics are reversed for fade ins. In other words, for fade ins, 2 and 3 have slow attacks and fast releases and would have the effect of slowly fading in with a faster rise toward the end of the fade in. Hopefully, that all makes sense. Unfortunately, it's not possible to drag the curves with voiceOver however I've never had the need to do that in the last 10 years. Lastly, while you're in the fades dialog, pressing the space bar will audition the fade. Hope that helps, Slau On Oct 19, 2011, at 6:51 AM, Stefan Albertshauser wrote: > Hello, What do you do, if the fade presets, which are provieded in the fade > dialog don't match for the task, you want to perform? In my case, there is a > haprsichord recording, which I want to edit. If I make a crossfade, the > fadeout is stronger than the natural sounding of the strings of the > harpsichord and dragging the curve with VO seams to be not possible. > > Thanks for your help. > > Stefan
