Hi! As the title of this topic says, is it possible to crossfade two audio tracks/channels using only one fader?
You would just set one controller as negative but there is very little info in your postā¦what fader through what remote etc. You might need to descibe exactly what you are wanting to do along with context. Even what type of tracks are you xfading.
I mix almost exclusively with control surface but xfades I do with envelopes as its very fast and precise along with control over curvesā¦
HTH
Hi, and thanks for writing a reply to my post.
Iād like to xfade two stereo audio tracks. More precisely, when track 1 's fader is at -ā dB, the other trackās fader should be at the opposite position (and vice versa). Would be nice if when I automate the volume of one of the stereo audio tracks, the other track would respond in inverse proportionā¦
Iāve been wanting to do this too, but havenāt come up with anything (not that I tried all that hard).
I think of it more like a Wet/Dry Mix Control.
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Isnāt there a plugin for this? I feel like I have seen that somewhere. Maybe do a search?
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I did a post a year or so ago looking for something similar & got no suggestionsā¦
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Just a thought, not sure if it works well:
You could set up a quadrophonic group channel. Your first stereo channel would go to Left Front and Right Front, the second channel to Left back and Right Back.
Then you could use the panner for crossfading. But how to proceed from there?
EDIT: I tried this now and I cannot get the desired result.
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Sure
But I still dont know the context,
1.is this because you are automating using a hardware fader and using like an instrument or just dragging a mouse on screen?
OR
2.Is it a mix procedure you apply as part of āpaint by numberā mixdown?
If so, draw the curve in, tweak the curve etc as you probably are going to need more than a linear xfade for it to sound right. Then copy the automation curve of the tweaked version onto the second track and invert the scale either by the widget or make a logical editor to do it often.
If its 1, then its a performance thingā¦not a strength of cubase.
I can tell you that its easiest in reaper and would take less than a minute, and in Ableton you just use the group/chain to xfade but it also has XFade built in as an A/B path per channelā¦so thats why I need to understand the context.
There is no perfect tool. I do any performance based stuff in Ableton and mix/real instrument/soundtrack stuff in Cubaseā¦although it really sucks now rewire is no longer a thing 
Cheers
Cheers
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I think I found a good solution for you in form of a free plugin:
MRatio by Melda lets you crossfade (Ratio knob) between a āmainā signal and a sidechain signal.
You would inser the plugin on one track and feed in the other track as a side chain. Obviously you need to take care of the output routing of the second track, e.g. set it to No Bus.
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Did you see this article?
(I think someone posted it in another thread.)
No But the article was written before I had a need for the capability. Oddly Iām pretty sure the article is sitting in a huge stack of old magazines about ten feet from where Iām currently typing.
Perfect, thanks.
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Iād really be interested to find a channel crossfade method that doesnāt involve third party plugins. From what I understood from the article, the BBC Echo Mixture Control is about crossfading between dry (unprocessed) and wet (processed) version of a so-called source (not crossfading between two separate channels/tracks). Or am I wrong?
No, youāre right. The only reason I posted the link was because Raino mentioned wet/dry control and I thought it was on topic enough. Sorry if I misled you.
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Thatās strange. Is this a Mac-related issue? Or did you load the VST2 version by mistake? On Windows, the side-chain button is present in Cubase 12.
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