Fade in + fade out on selection

[JE - SevenYellowMonkeys]

I somehow managed to create this previously, but after a reinstall, my Favorites are gone. 😞

I'm looking to accomplish a (pretty fast) fade-out to silence immediately followed by a fade-in to be used to eliminate hum and background noise in voice-over files. It has to work on a selection.

I've tried fiddling with Fade Envelope and Gain Envelope, but it seems that I only get one of the steps with me.

What the heck am I doing wrong here!?

[JE - SevenYellowMonkeys]

I'll follow up on this one, but not with the answer to the real question. 🙂 I found all the 'old' files in a backup from the previous install in \Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Audition. Copied and pasted to the existing installation (same path) and voila. I don't know if it works on a Mac-installation.

If anyone wants to add an answer to the original question, feel free.

[ryclark · Accepted solution]

If you select a region in your audio waveform and then select the Fade Envelope effect you will see a yellow envelope line across the top of the waveform in the selected area. You then need to click on the yellow line to make four keyframes, one at either end and two in the middle. Then you can drag the two inner keyframes down to form the fade out and fade in. Once happy with the levels click on the star icon top right of the effect window to save as a Favorite. Once saved you can designate a keyboard shortcut to the Favorite.

However it would probably be a lot quicker to use an Expander to automatically reduce the level of the audio in the gaps between your dialogue. Try the Expander from within the Dynamics effect.

[JE - SevenYellowMonkeys]

Thanks a lot, ryclark​

I already use the Expander, but once in a while my breathing is too heavy to be cleared my the Expander.

And also a huge thanks for the explanation regarding the Fade Envelope.

[Ramachandran233676821u7p]

Is this fading working for you?  

[Ramachandran233676821u7p]

I followed the steps as mentioned by you and tried to set up four key frames and also adjusted by dragging.  But it does not work.  I am in free version as of now.  Dont know if I am doing anything wrong here.   It would be better, if you provide a video help.