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Re: Fading In (and Out) of recording segments

Subject: Re: Fading In (and Out) of recording segments
From: "William Ruscher Jr." immonacan99
Date: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:17 pm ((PDT))
Won't be nessesary.

--- In  Martyn Stewart <>
wrote:
>
> I don't have it installed anymore because I use a mac but I
believe
> "Cool edit" now Adobe Audition has a "Favorites" tag to choose from
on
> the menu bar. What you do is highlight the amount of wave you want
to
> fade in (or out) and click on the appropriate tag (be it "fade in
or
> "Fade out")
> I wish I could show you in person, Bill. Maybe someone can take a
> screen shot?
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> On Jun 1, 2008, at 9:30 PM, William Ruscher Jr. wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > At times, I would like to remove a portion out of my longer
> > recordings. It is more pleasing (for me anyway), to hear a fade in
> > and fade out of the segment, instead of the segment crashing in
and
> > out if louder sounds are present in the recording. Trying to find
the
> > right spot to start and stop is a pain. I need to learn more on
this
> > important technique and how other recordists are doing it. I use
Cool
> > Edit that has a fade in/out feature , but it's alot like a "Hey
Jude"
> > long gradual fade that takes up to 1/3 of your segment, each way.
I
> > find it works out sometimes on some recordings, but leaves me
looking
> > for sounds on others that I would like to hear at the full
recorded
> > level. Is there something I am missing on Cool Edit, or is there
> > another audio editing software program that could do a short fade
> > in/out (like 3-5 seconds) ? I know that using my recording level
> > volume would be the best way to fade, on the original recording,
and
> > I try my best to do so. The Sony MZ-NH1 is a nice little recorder,
> > but the remote is so tiny and sometimes tough to control,
especially
> > in the dark. I've messed up a couple recordings with the manual
> > recording level control on the remote going crazy wild up and
down.
> > That is one reason for wanting to cut out a segment! I thought
about
> > using my 9V preamp for just the gain level knob alone, but
honestly,
> > the recordings sound better without it ahead of the MZ-NH1. Like
> > always, any help or suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill (getting more technical by the minute)
> >
> >
> >
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