automatic crossfades weird behavior!!!

Hello!
I'm editing a drum recording in a drum folder, with 8 mono tracks. I'm having a problem using the function automatic crossfade: After I ajust it to the overlapping area I want, as soon as I move on to the next place to edit, the previous crossfade disappears from several clips, or remains only in one of the two overlapped, and I need to redo it. This is getting really annoying, noticing that I have 18 songs with full drum tracks to edit. What is the matter? I have Sonar 5.2 and an Athon 64 cpu with 1Mb RAM, with a ECHO LAyla 24/96.

Somebody help me! please!

Thanks, David, for the post.
I'm posting here in the forum exactly because I didn't come to an answer in the web... As it seems, nobody had this problem I'm dealing with before... but it exists, and I'll try, with my so-so english, to meake a more accurate description:

I'm overlapping audio tracks. When I bring one over another, with the X option activated, they overlap and automatic crossfades appear as crossing curves in the screen. When I proceed doing the same thing on the rest of the edition overlaps, SOMETIMES (not all the time) the "crossing curves" (fade-in/fade-out - crossfade) that I just did disappear and a single curve takes place, as if I didn't overlap them two, but rather fade-out or fade-in a single track. Seems to be a Sonar bug, rather then a system/soundcard problem.
Any help will be highly appreciated...

BTW, it's 1MB...

thanks again,
piero

Hi Piero,

When I proceed doing the same thing on the rest of the edition overlaps, SOMETIMES (not all the time) the "crossing curves" (fade-in/fade-out - crossfade) that I just did disappear and a single curve takes place, as if I didn't overlap them two

It's hard to understand exactly what you're doing—is there anyway you could post a screen shot somewhere and link to it in a message. Just use ALT-PrtScn and open Windows Paint then Ctrl-V to paste the screen capture. Then you can select a portion that shows the problem and used Edit-->Copy to… example.bmp and then finally open example.bmp and save as GIF. Then upload this to one of the free image hosting services and use the image button to insert a link in your response. Sorry to be so wordy if you already knew this, but maybe it can be a help to someone else.

But, it sounds like you end up overlapping an entire clip, which is going to be weird. I use automatic crossfade for the start and end of clips—where I push one clip over another on the same track—all the time with very stable and repeatable behaivor. Make sure you are slip editing out the parts you really don't want and are only using crossfades to make the edges of the clips inaudible.

Regards,
David

After I ajust it to the overlapping area I want, as soon as I move on to the next place to edit, the previous crossfade disappears from several clips, or remains only in one of the two overlapped, and I need to redo it.

In re-reading this I wonder if you are doing more than just using autocrossfade to cover up the edges of overlapped clips. I don't think you should rely on an automatic tool to do fade-ins or fade-outs, especially when it is so easy to grab the handles and do it exactly like you want manually.

Regards,
David

Greetings Piero,

Now that's just plane weird. I do this all the time, and I've never seen this behavior. I think it's time for a call to cakewalk support. They are very helpful, in fact the head of research & development often monitors and posts on this forum.

Regards,
David

ORIGINAL: pierox2000

Hello!
I'm editing a drum recording in a drum folder, with 8 mono tracks. I'm having a problem using the function automatic crossfade: After I ajust it to the overlapping area I want, as soon as I move on to the next place to edit, the previous crossfade disappears from several clips, or remains only in one of the two overlapped, and I need to redo it. This is getting really annoying, noticing that I have 18 songs with full drum tracks to edit. What is the matter? I have Sonar 5.2 and an Athon 64 cpu with 1Mb RAM, with a ECHO LAyla 24/96.

Somebody help me! please!

I am having the exact same behaviour using track folder edits:

I have Sonar 5.2and I am currently comping 11 mono tracks of drums and F#@$%#!!! previous edits change some tracks have longer fades or no fades or change fade type!! (linear, slow or fast) but I have found a quick fix...

Start at the beginning of your project and do your first fade, then just after your fade in maybe a few ticks...split the tracks...... when you do your next fades the previous one will not be affected, although where you have previously split, sometimes fades can appear.

This is only a workaround for now...but helps, some official words might be appreciated......