Most accurate and fastest way to handle clips overlapping ?

Hello all,
 
Having clips overlapping each others smoothly is mandatory to avoid overloading compressors and / or experiencing various unpleasant sound artefacts.
It's been years now i use the same method to have my clips overlapping each others smoothly, i draw clip gain enveloppes this way :

 
 
Lately, I was told my method was totally outdated and was a huge waste of time.
So well, what is the fasted and most accurate way to do this using sonar platinum ?
 
Thanks in advance for your help.
J.

So what is your question?  Yes, clips can overlap in a track just as you have shown?  Are you wanting them to have cross-fades between them?  You can apply crossfades to them automatically with the correct setting checked. With the take lanes collapsed any slip editing of the edge of one clip that overlaps with another will cause a cross fade to be applied.

Maybe I've been doing it wrong all along, but I just edit the track to approximately where the audio begins and ends.
 
Timbo

This section explains how to use fades and cross fades
https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR%20X3&language=3&help=Arranging.61.html
 
Snippet of that document is below:
 
To create an automatic crossfade (real-time)
1.
Click the Track view Options menu and choose Auto Crossfade.

2.
Click the Track view Options menu, point to Crossfade Type > Default Crossfade Curves and select the desired default crossfade curve types.

3.
Select and drag an audio clip so that it overlaps another audio clip. You should overlap the clips by the length you want the crossfade.

4.
When you have the clip positioned where you want it, release the mouse button to drop the clip.

The Drag and Drop Options dialog box appears.
5.
In the Drag and Drop Options dialog box, check the Blend Old With New check box and click OK.

6.
The two clips now overlap with a crossfade, looking something like this:
 
Basically, once you enable the auto crossfade from the track view options menu an automatic cross fade will be placed on overlapping clips.  You do this with the take lanes collapsed (not visible).  Now if you put your cursor over the edge of a clip that is overlapping with another clip a cross fade will be created between the overlapping parts of the clips.  If you want it to coss-fade differently you click and drag the fades directly to whatever you want.