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TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums

My current favorite is slow out - fast in. It makes less digital glitches than the default linear out - linear in and I can use relatively short fade times, even in ambience and overhead tracks where crash cymbals are loud.
 

 
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    Re: TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums 2018/01/17 22:34:39 (permalink)
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    Re: TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums 2018/01/18 00:27:56 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby panup 2018/01/18 01:45:32
    Mine is usually slow in/linear out. But I'll give fast in/slow out a go.
     
    With vocals I always use slow in/linear as I like the slow in for breaths and linear out for the tails.
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    Re: TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums 2018/01/18 02:22:04 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby panup 2018/01/18 11:41:55
    I find slow out / fast in to be almost always the best for a crossfade on anything. It's certainly what I try first in all cases, and rarely have a reason to change.
     
    I also find it useful, where possible, to make the crossfade either very slow if between beats, or very fast if close to the next hit. Of course, a lot depends on the precision of the source performance.

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    Re: TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums 2018/01/18 10:23:44 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby panup 2018/01/18 11:41:50
    Hi. I also think slow out, fast in yields the best results.
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    Re: TIP: What fade-in/fade-out curves to use when splitting live, multi-tracked drums 2018/01/19 16:16:12 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby panup 2018/01/19 19:40:26
    Using complementary curves assures constant power during the transition, making it less audible. However, it depends on the duration of the crossfade. At short times below ~0.5 sec, you cannot discern any difference between fade curves. For long fades, I prefer a compound "S" curve. 


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