More Cross-Fade Control

175 votes

Some have suggested cross-fading during playlists and I know cross is an option now, however the following would be suggested:

1. Intersect the cross at a designated db rating e.g. -30db
2. Max Duration of the fade in seconds: e.g. 5 seconds
3. Ability to adjust fade in and out in seconds. e.g. Fade out: 3 seconds, Fade in: 1 second

Option to enable or disable in/out crossfade on track by track basis.

This would make a huge difference in the overall sound of the stations.

Planned Tools for Broadcasters Suggested by: Rich (25 Jul, '18) • Upvoted: 21 Oct, '23 • Comments: 27

Comments: 27

26 Jul, '18
Will
Absolutely. Especially the ability to identify dead space at the end of a track.
03 Aug, '18
Rick - 97.3 The ARC
Will, exactly! Kinda like:

Trim silence [ X ] (Check to enable)

Trim silence at start if below:
-50 dB < >
Trim silence at end if below
-50 dB < >
12 Aug, '18
Ernie Mitchell
This is at the top of my wish list!
15 Aug, '18
Rob
Hundred percent on board with this! Actually came here to suggest better fading in and out of station IDs and promos as the silence before and after them is terrible.
04 Nov, '18
James Yokers
Would like to see a 'slip-cue' option - fade out song 1, start next song full volume (no fade in) . Similar to #3 above, along with track by track option.
05 Nov, '18
Jim DeBaun
All of these suggestions are great. At Sam Broadcaster we had more control of Cross-fade.
13 Feb, '19
Alex H. Nieves
This feature needs work. It should act like a "Blend" but I don't hear that. If I select a 3 second cross fade then I would expect the incoming track to intro 3 seconds before the playing track ends. I clip my tracks at the end with no dead space at the end still this feature does not crossfade well and to boot makes the incoming track like someone raising the volume at the last minute. I would love this feature perfected. It would definitely make a huge difference. Include Station ID too.
17 Feb, '19
Tim Boudreau
Agree with all the comments above. I have come to the point with my file editing where I have done all I can do. It's up to Live365 to get this feature fixed for us asap. My station will never flow well as long as I can't control overlap. I want overlap, no fade. I do my own fading on my files, and I want the next song or my announcement to come in full volume. I want overlap in .25, .50, .75, 1.00 second increments at the very least, if we can't get the ability to enter our own fractions.
25 Mar, '19
Rich
Thank you Live365 for implementing this today. Guess you can officially mark it "DONE" ;)
28 Mar, '19
Mixx 716
VOTE GAP KILLER!!! This seems to be everyone's Biggest Wish.. We Should sound like actual radio stations & NOT PANDORA!! OverLapping & Dead Air or Gap Killers is a MUST to Brand the sound of your station!!!
18 Jun, '19
Bill
dB based crossfade is a must-have feature for me. I tried using the autoDJ without it and quit because of all the dead air between songs. My offline playlist software fixes this perfectly with more intelligent crossfade and as soon as that is working here I'll switch to it.
05 Aug, '19
USA Dance Mix
Yes when the system finds dead air at the end of track it would be nice if was able to MOVE ON to the next track.
02 Nov, '19
Fred
I've tried many Crossfade Types, various lengths of Crossfade durations & Fade-Ins/Outs. But nothing I try removes a silent gap at the end of an element, which can sometimes stretch up to 7 or 8 seconds. There's simply no consistency regardless of the settings I select. Dead air can sometimes be 2 seconds and other times it's 8 seconds. I don't always need overlap; I just want them tight. Especially in & out of IDs, Promos & Stop Sets. We need more control over dB trigger settings.
22 Jul, '20
David
An auto crossfade per track with the ability to set personal preference crossfade settings per track. Start of song/End of song settings and segue (crossfade) begins at the end of each song or promo, ID, etc. is essential for a radio station.
I've been in radio broadcasting and know that this is a given fir for any radio station. And of course audio processing., which is in another thread. I'll be happy to address that concern as well. Happy Broadcasting 😊
25 Jul, '20
SakeBito
Dissenting view: Crossfading vs. silence gaps should both be available choices. So I add silence buffers to the start and finish of every song I upload. YMMV, but if a listener is fickle enough to tune out over a gap, then arguably he wasn't into the station anyway. Personally I hate crossfading - it's disrespectful to the songs IMO.
09 Sep, '20
John Lyman Merged
One thing that would possibly make auto DJ stations sound better would be to have the option to do either of these two things:

A) Have the option to disable crossfading on a per-track basis.

or

B) Have the option to disable crossfading globally; i.e., disable crossfading on tracks of a certain length or less.

The crossfading in AutoDJ mode is pretty good, but occasionally Station ID's, short promos, etc., get caught in the crossfading and it doesn't sound very professional.

Pers
22 Sep, '20
Calin Admin
"For AutoDJ Users: Have A Crossfade Disable (per track) Option" (suggested by John Lyman on 2020-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
14 Jan, '21
Michael Connors
Hate to use my station ID or promos because the dead air after is very painful
22 May, '21
Ionut Sarghi
We would like to have an option to enable crossfade for IDs/Promos.
08 Jun, '21
Austin Miller
Ability to control which media types are affected by crossfade. IDs, Promos, Talk, etc.
18 Dec, '21
Partick Epstein
I have been experimenting with this feature ever since I first went on the air and It never works the way I would expect it to.
16 Apr, '22
John Farrell Merged
Currently, when an event has the 'strict' rule rather than flexible it comes to an abrupt stop. This needs to be a fade out instead. I have certain events that play multi tracks that are 3 or 4 hours long in a 2 hour slot so they need to be strict and not flexible but the abrupt end doesn't sound very professional.
16 Apr, '22
Michael
I don't have too much problem as I edit each individual song anyway. I have notice tough that even with editing there IS still SOME space at times. I have worked with systems that allow to set crossfade for each individual track. Would be nice to cross sweeps too. THIS would be ideal IMHO.
03 May, '22
Ionut Sarghi Admin
"Smooth fade for strict scheduling" (suggested by John Farrell on 2022-04-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
18 Oct, '22
Stephen Atkins
Yes, you're on the right track. I echo previous comments that tighter control, whether overlap or just eliminating dead air is "essential to good radio". Live365 seems to have gone to great lengths to ease the hobbyist into this form of programming; Bravo! Now let's take the next step and make it easier for everyone to sound great also. Seems to me that would encourage customer loyalty, not to mention another benefit to sell.

No doubt my fellow broadcast veterans would agree on this lesson history has taught us: it's comfortable to be the only game in town; until you aren't.
07 Nov, '22
Ben
Can we please have the ability to crossfade IDs and sweepers?? It's awful that there seems to be no way to do this! There's way too much dead air and it sounds terrible.
26 Aug, '23
Mark Lamb
Cross fading sweepers would make us sound better!