At 4/5/08 04:37 PM, atallcostsky wrote:
Another quick question if someone could help - I was wondering how it would be possible to apply a sort of "fade-in" to a series of notes. For example, if I had a series of 16th-note snare hits and I wanted their volume to start at nothing, and gradually increase over a given period of time, how would I do that? Thanks in advance :).
There's 2 ways in which to achieve this effect!
1st way, in the lower panel, in piano roll (notice the upright bars? one directly below each note placed!) adjust the heights of those, and that adjusts the volume to the corresponding note.
2nd way, is to use automation!
How?
To automate these, click on the volume dial. Either on the instrument itself, or if you've assigned the instrument to a mixer channel, you can use that volume slider.
Right click on either of those 2, then select "create automaion clip"
Immediately look at your playlist, at the bottom section, and if something hasn't just appeared in that section, just click anywhere in that section.
You should now see a 4 beat stretch of (what appears to be a line) which is the automation clip.
Stretch that clip to the length you need, ie; the duration for which the automation needs to take place.
for example, 4 bars.
Ok, with the far left side of that 'line' lower it to 0% (as far down as it goes) then with the far right of that line, raise it to 100% (as far up as it'll go)
Now if you've done that right, and I've made it clear without waffling. You should now have the effect you desire.
If so!
Experiment with automation in various other ways! with other instruments/effects or whatever you can imagine!