Working with audio transitions – Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 User Manual
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Working with audio transitions
Specify the default audio transition
Set the default duration for audio transitions
Crossfade between audio clips
Fade in or fade out clip audio
Adjust or customize an audio transition
You can apply crossfades for audio transitions between clips. An audio fade is analogous to a video transition. For a crossfade, you add an audio
transition between two adjacent audio clips on the same track. To fade in or fade out, you add a crossfade transition to either end of a single clip.
Premiere Pro includes three types of crossfade: Constant Gain, Constant Power, and Exponential Fade.
For descriptions of the available crossfades, see Audio crossfade transitions.
Adobe recommends
This video tutorial demonstrates the use of
audio transitions to mix ambient audio
(room tone) into gaps in an audio track.
Specify the default audio transition
1. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) either Constant Gain or Constant Power in the Effects panel.
2. Choose Set Selected As Default Transition from the context menu.
Set the default duration for audio transitions
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
2. In the Preferences dialog box, enter a value for the Audio Transition Default Duration.
Crossfade between audio clips
1. If necessary, click the triangle to the left of each track name in a Timeline panel to expand the audio tracks that you want to crossfade.
2. Make sure that the two audio clips are adjacent, and that both clips are trimmed.
3. Do one of the following:
To add the default audio transition, move the current-time indicator to the edit point between the clips, and choose Sequence > Apply
Audio Transition.
To add an audio transition other than the default, expand the Audio Transitions bin in the Effects panel and drag the audio transition to a
Timeline panel, on the edit point between the two clips you want to crossfade.
Fade in or fade out clip audio
1. Make sure that the audio track is expanded in a Timeline panel. If necessary, click the triangle to the left of the track name to expand the
audio tracks that you want to crossfade.
2. Do any of the following:
To fade in a clip’s audio, drag an audio transition from the Effects panel to a Timeline panel so that it snaps to the In point of the audio
clip. You can also select the applied transition in a Timeline panel. Then, in the Effect Controls panel choose Start At Cut from the
Alignment menu.
To fade out a clip’s audio, drag an audio transition from the Effects panel to a Timeline panel so that it snaps to the Out point of the
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