[Ian McAllister]

HI, I'm busy making a dvd of my year in China to send home. I have three audio tracks,(the one from the videos, a song I recorded and a commentary) and I want to fade them in and out of each other as needed. I use Cool Edit Pro and Audacity, which I like very much, but can't seem to do this seemingly simple mixing task on either. I'm not sure that I have the correct terminology. I thought this was 'crossfading' but all the tutorials seem to refer to this as overlapping songs with a fade out-fade in effect. Could anyone take the time to explain if this is possible, and how to do it?
Thanks, merry xmas,
Ian

[Tekker]

Originally Posted by Ian McAllister

I'm not sure that I have the correct terminology. I thought this was 'crossfading' but all the tutorials seem to refer to this as overlapping songs with a fade out-fade in effect. Could anyone take the time to explain if this is possible, and how to do it?

That is exactly what crossfading is, so you are correct. They are just describing "how" to crossfade without using the word crossfade.

I've used both Cool Edit and Audacity and neither one seemed to be very good for this kind of thing (editing, crossfading, etc).

I recommend Reaper, it's very easy to do in this program.

-tkr