Auto fade for tracks

[flashbender]

Hi,

I’m recording songs with Audacity, where I use to loop and cut a lot in a very extensive and detailed way. To avoid the cutting crackles, I spend a lot of time zooming heavily at the beginning and ending of the cut tracks to apply a fade-in and fade-out at the first and last samples of the start and end.
It would be very helpful to implement an auto fade effect for tracks or anything like this to make the process easier in general, if possible.

[steve]

If you are working with mono tracks, you can usually avoid clicks by simply selecting at “zero crossing” points (Press the “Z” key). See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/select_menu_at_zero_crossings.html

For cases where you “need” fades, you could modify the included “Fade Ends” macro (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html)