Re: Crossfade POST FX bin
2017/04/23 16:32:00
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Yeah. Clip Gain envelopes are pre Clip FX Bin as well (AFAIK) so that wouldn't work either.
Besides, as timidi alluded to, there may be other input sensitive plugins further down the chain (Prochannel, Track FX Bin, etc) such as compressors. So even if you could control the amp sim level in the way desired at the very start of the chain I don't see any benefit (and lots of possible problems) of doing such automation so early in the signal path.
This is indeed a subject that took a lot of brain racking to figure out as a beginner. It's important to know exactly WHAT happens and when in the chain to make an accurate plan. I've been pushing the "At the end of the chain" option but for other purposes I may want my level automation elsewhere. A pretty obvious one would be Clip Gain automation to cut out "silence" or to even out a wild track like say a vocalist with poor mic control or a drummer who can't keep their strikes even. Going in and using Clip Gain Automation to manage those spikes and cut out silence/room noise makes sense so the audio is hitting any effects more evenly (which is particularly desirable for compression purposes).
However all this may be moot (but hopefully still useful info) since the OP was asking about X-Fades which, without more info, I can't make sense of. As noted an X-Fade should not, itself, be causing any significant gain reduction. If that IS happening then OP needs to provide more details... because that ain't right.
Cheeeers!