Customising Fade In and Fade Out

[steve]

I think this is such an interesting idea that I’ve split it to a new topic so that it doesn’t get lost.
Split from: Adjustable Fade - #75 by Robert_J_H

@Robert J. H.

A little side remark.
It is maybe only a possibility for the distant future but nevertheless worth a short reflection.

The idea is the following:
Your plug-in doesn’t apply the fades, instead it serves as a setup or editor for the fades for a session. This means:
Under effects there will be the following PLUG-INS :
Fade In
Fade Out
Fade Setup
Cross Fade
In your plug-in the user sets the preferences for the other 3 effects. In this way, You can omit the direction control and the doubled sets of presets (Fade in linear, Fade out linear etc.), because fade out will be the inverse of fade in and crossfade will alternate between successive tracks. The user could thus setup his favorite fade type and afterwards apply the fades with one click or keystroke only, without changing the direction inbetween. If the user calls a fade effect for the first time, a warning could be given out, something like:
“fade type is not yet set. Call ‘Fade Setup’ to specify one or call the effect again (Ctrl-R) to apply the default linear fade effect.”
The settings of the fade setup would be stored in either scratch, a text file in the plug-ins themselves or the preference file. It depends on how long the settings should be stored (one session or over several ones). If you find that a bad idea, just ignore this post…