Old trick forgotten..... Guitar/instrument attack

just use the fade in tool on your clips.  hover your mouse over the edge of the clip near the top and a little triangle will appear.  click and drag.  put your mouse back over the area where you stopped dragging and right click for options on the attack of the fade.

I do it using volume knobs on the guitar or the expression/volume pedal of whatever multi-effects device I'm using...The pinkie finger on the guitar's volume knob technique has been used for decades...
 
EDIT: Just read the OP's post again...If he's talking about multiple instruments fading in at the same time, that should be done at the mixing or (preferably) mastering stage...

Guitarhacker


In my playing, I will use a hammer on and fade the knob with my hand.... the Gibson SG... although a super guitar, is not really designed like a fender with the volume knob within easy pinky reach from one hand.....

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean by that...

You're looking for an 'auto swell'. 
I believe most (or many) multi-effects boards have that feature.
If you're using PODFarm then it has an Autoswell feature.
Or this one of their pedals: http://line6.com/tonecore/echoPark.html
There are other similar pedals on the market.

As others mention, I've used the reverse clip technique as well as using either the envelope volume or clip gain envelope.  One note there, if you are recording a dry signal then running it through an a guitar plug-in model, then I get the sense that using gain comes out different than volume.  The gain method tends to sound more like you're slowly cranking up the volume on your guitar - so it starts to 'crunch' toward the end if you're doing that sort of overdriven sound.  The volume method just sounds the same throughout only louder.

267Rufus


Thank you all very much!  Your time & trouble is appreciated.

I understand you all, and yes.... The finger-on-the-control works well, but...... I'm looking for an auto option due to occassions when this technique is (over) used throughout. When I described it as chords at the intro, I wasnt being accurate. Occasionally it even needs to apply to individual notes. (It a spacey thing I'm working on).
You know how the awful auto-wah auto wah's?. I suppose its a liitle like that, but simply acting on the initial attack.
Does this makes sense? I'm not doing a very good job of explaining. Sorry!

The Clip Gain envelope should work fine for and of that stuff. If you want to fade the effects in the effects bin also then use the Track Volume envelope.

I'm glad every part of mixing was as easy to deal with as this. Now, thanks to Shad, I have no cares at all. All is rosey, happy and simple. Is one aspect important? No! Look at the skill with which Shad deals with 100 problems at once, with one hand behind his back whilst suspended above a pot of boiling oil!
Shad, as you said to me only last week..... Thank you from the bottom..............