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DennisB_PBS-NC
Participant
October 2, 2019
Answered

Fade In and Out effects are grayed out, won't work

  • October 2, 2019
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All of a sudden I cannot Fade In or Out in Audition. Under Clip-->Fade In all of the options (No Fade, Fade In, Crossfade, etc) are grayed out. None of them are working. Likewise for Clip-->Fade Out, same problem. Currently running Audition Build 12.1.4.5. All of my Favorite Effects disappeared at the same time, but I will write up a 2nd post for that. Help!

    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    I am having the same problem, and both of these linked threads do not answer the question.  Not even close.  The question has nothing to do with Favorites.  It is the fact that the non-Favorite "Clip" menu options Fade In and Fade Out are disabled.  Whether I select a clip or don't select anything, these two permanent options from the Clip menu are greyed out.


    Are you in Multitrack or Waveform view? They are only enabled in Multitrack.

    4 replies

    Participating Frequently
    December 8, 2024

    I realize this thread is two years old but - WTF?  I'm an old man, adimittedly, but I could have SWORN this worked fine for me with a single track just a few months ago.  I'm using the Adobe beta for Audition, but did this change with that?  This thread seems to indicate it's been changed for a long time but, again, I was using a pretty current version of Audion and was able to do this just fine this year for sure.  BTW - this is completely stupid.  You DO need to fade out a single track and making it into a multi track is both a waste of time and needlessly confusing.  I may have to look around for other solutions after a decade of work with Audition.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 9, 2024

    No, it's always been like this. Waveform view fades on single tracks are easy - you use the HUD. That may be what you're getting confused with!

    Participating Frequently
    December 9, 2024

    The HUD?  Okay, as I said, I'm an old man but what the hell is that?  (Heads Up Display is the normal abbreviation).  Honestly, my fingers (which - again, old - usually just "remember" how to do things) could not even get started on the fade out and going to the menu did not help.

    Participating Frequently
    March 24, 2024

    Hi ...

    Did you ever discover how to enable the "No Fade, Fade In, Crossfade, etc. are grayed out"   mystery ?

    Thanks

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2024

    It's answered further up the thread; they don't work in Waveform view.

    Participating Frequently
    March 24, 2024

    Thanks for the reply.

    I have two random clips over lapping in multitrack view, but crossfade, punch in and a few others are still greyed out. Can you advise ?

    cathic60172662
    Participating Frequently
    March 6, 2021

    This just happened to me as well! I reinstalled it and had to reset everything back up, but fade in and out is not working. I tried to export application settings from another version I had open on a different computer but that didn't work. Is there something going on with Audition? I am a Voice Actor and I need this to be working correctly. 

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 6, 2021

    Once again, see the answer to your question in the other thread you posted in - here. It's quite sufficient to post in a single thread.

    Participant
    April 21, 2021

    Rather a testy reply, given that the thread you link to addresses a different problem and does not answer this specific question. I also have Fade In/Out greyed for no explicable reason. No solution yet. This isn't at all related to Effects Favorites. I still need an answer. 

     

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2019

    See other thread.

    Participant
    February 14, 2021

    Hi Steve. What's the "other thread" I cannot find another one on this. I have the same problem as Dennis and I use Audition v13.0.13.46.

    Thank you 

    Emmanuel

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 14, 2021

    The other thread referred to is here