Ableton/Live/UG/06 Arrangement View/08 Audio Clip Fades and Crossfades
- Audio clips have fades at their start and end; neighbouring clips on a track can crossfade.
- Hover over a clip, in a tall enough track, to see the fade handles as small squares at its edges. In Automation Mode, hold
F over an automation lane to show them. - Fade In Start and Fade Out End handles change a fade's length without moving its peak; the Fade Curve handle shapes it.
- Selecting time that includes a clip's start or end and choosing Create → Create Fade In/Out,
Cmd+Option+F (Mac) / Ctrl+Alt+F (Win), sets the fade to that length. - Crossfade by dragging a fade handle over the neighbouring clip's edge, or select across the boundary and choose Create Crossfade. The slope handle shapes it.
Delete removes a selected fade, unless Create Fades on Clip Edges is on in Record, Warp & Launch Settings; then it resets to 4 ms, and adjacent clips get automatic 4 ms crossfades to prevent clicks.- Fades can't cross a clip's loop boundaries, and a clip's two fades can't overlap. A dotted line shows a selected handle's limit.
- Fades belong to clips, not tracks, and are separate from automation.