This topic has been addressed by a few people in the past but I would like to bring it up again as a feature request for a few very important reasons. If two audio events (Not midi) are on the same track and they overlap, only the event that is on top will play. Every other DAW I have used !!!Including Cubasis!!! allowed for the events to play/export at the same time. I only discovered this was an issue when I imported a cubasis project into cubase and all of my overlapping events were being cut off.
I know almost everyone using Cubase is in the music world. I one the other hand am in the audio dramatization world. If i have separate tracks for actors, there are times (often) when I need their dialog to bleed in with adjacent dialog without needing to create separate tracks for a section of the drama that may only be a few seconds. Think dream sequences or introspection. I have found a work around by changing the crossfade to 0. But for me this is an unnecessary step and could even lead to problems in the future if I need to make changes. I took the plung and bought cubase because I love cubasis and I could import partial projects from cubasis to cubase. I know this is long winded, but if Cubasis can do something this simple Cubase should be able to as well. Again, NOT a musician.
If you mean playing both audio events at the same time, the best, clearest and most logical method is to use separate tracks. The software is designed with this methodology in mind.
If you mean making a crossfade then just overlap the events as appropriate on the same track, select one or both of the overlapping events, and press X on the computer keyboard. See p.375 of the operation manual for full details.
Click on the part of the track with the overlap and then press X which is the default key command for Crossfade.
Now, doubleclick on the X that you seen on the overlap and the Crossfade Dialogue Window will open.
Here you just pull both Fade curves/lines (whatever there is) to the top of the frame like this
Now, the “Crossfade” plays both events at the same time without actually fading either one of both events.
You can save this Crossfade as a preset and use a key command/macro to do all this with one click.
EDIT: Just realized that I should have read the OP’s feature request more carefully. Pulling the crossfades to zero (what my post is basically about) is not a valid option for the OP. And no, AFAIK there is no such thing as to not prioritize one event over the other event in Cubase. The best option if you do not want to use crossfades is to work with separate tracks as @stingray already suggested. I would love to know how you do this in Cubasis, though.
This is exactly what I did to rectify the issue I was having. Thank you for confirming. With that said, My original point still stands. If I do all of this it is an extra step that could simply be a checkbox setting. If Cubasis didn’t do this as default I wouldn’t have much of a reason to make this statement. However, since it does this by default in Cubasis it makes for a potential world of RE edits that could have been a simple transition. But I appreciate that feedback.
EDIT: In Cubasis I simply move the event over. If two events overlap, they still both play.
Does Cubasis have the cross-fade editing functions of Cubase?
Guess we were both typing at the same time. Yeah, I realized that I misread your request (Edit underneath my previous post).
Sorry, my bad.
all good
Addition: Another example I don’t know why I didn’t think to post is. Imagine 10 different SFX (Not FX track). Plates smashing, glass breaking, door slamming, people punching each other. I would need a separate track for all of this just to have it bleed together or have a thousand (exaggerated) crossfades going on that arent’ actually crossfade. Can I get an Amen from ANYONE on this? I know this is hard for all you musicians out there to appreciate my predicament but I’m just going to accept that this isn’t possible as of right now and Maybe Steinberg might give me a discount on the next update when they add it
Halleluja ! You don’t need an approval as
you know best what suits your workflow and floats your boat.
Amen
I’m guessing your answer to my question is a No. This, maybe, explains the extra step in Cubase, which enables editing of the cross-fade.