Fading quick fade edges

Like other toggled menu items in ACID (for example, snapping), a check mark indicates that quick fade edges are active. The precise duration of the quick fade edge (and whether it is used by default on all events in a project) can be set in the Preferences Dialog box (see Figure 4.7). 

The Quick fade edit edges of audio events option prevents clicks and pops that may occur when audio events are cut or split. By default, this option is set to 10 ms. Quick fade edges can be seen as blue curved fade envelopes on event edges if you zoom in on the timeline far enough, as shown in Figure 13.3. 

Quick fede edges are visible on the split on the top event. The bottom event starts at the beginning of the media file and does not need a quick fade edge. 

Place another section on a new slide and add one or two drops of the phloroglucinol-HC1 solution. Place a coverslip over the section and seal the edges with nail varnish or other sealant. View immediately as color fades quickly. Compare against control sections mounted in 1 2 95% ethanokHCl. 

Make sure that quick fade edit edges of audio is chosen. 

Watch out for pops and clicks that can sometimes occur at the edges of sharply edited media files. You can use your audio editor to smooth these out at the fraction of a second level. Again, using AQD and Quick fade audio event edges in the Preference dialog will allow you to prevent these sorts of problems if you render the new loop file with AQD. 

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