Yes.

Are you using audio volume envelopes?

Grazie,

No, there is not one fader that does both tracks at the same time.

Of course there are always other ways to do it, but not with one fader in Vegas.

Dave T2

It sounds as though he's trying to do this manually, right? As if he were using a mixing board.

"Yes"

Then the answer is No.

There could be a way if both tracks were mono and you had a lot of crossfading to do. It's a bit of work but if I had a lot of it to do this is how I'm proceed.

Make the two mono tracks into the left and right channel of a stereo track. Then use pan envelope to cross fade between them. Use the Stereo Tools FX to split the result out and combine back into one track or render out and then select Channels > Combine.

You might also be able to do this with less mess using busses and a pan envelope on a bus.

Bob.

Bob, why go through all that trouble?

Why not have Tracks A & B on two separate tracks and use audio volume envelopes to fade A out and fade B in?

'cos, and Bob got it right, I want to use one slider/fader. I know the envelope stuff, I want to do this with the Automation function.

Grazie

That was not clear in your original post. That's why I asked.

Thank you Jay.

Grazie

interesting, especially after reading this thread - OT: Old editing.

grazie, why bother with a bloody fader, i just want to shout 'duck' at the appropriate moment and have it do it for me - heck, i don't want any of that arm waving in front of screens i saw demonstrated here some time ago either.

i just want my pc to do what my directors said to me 20+ years ago - they simply said (in either a bored tone, or panic'd yell) ; cut, fade, l cut, cross fade, etc.,

and when i get a sore throat, i expect a little esp from my i7......

Can't disagree with any of that . . .

It just seems so bleedin' obvious to me to be able to have a slider that crosses between 2 Tracks OR busses, which could have a GROUP of tracks assigned to them.

I wonder if our Scripting Gurus can get close to the Slider controls? Mostly not - I bet . . .

I suppose I should really Pony-Up for an external devise that allows me to move my Vegas Sliders externally. . . yeah, right . . . ..

Grazie

Grazie, even in the audio board world, this takes 2 faders on submasters, not just one.
DJ mixers excluded here as we need to crossfade more than one channel simultaneously.

Mike

"Grazie, even in the audio board world, this takes 2 faders on submasters, not just one.

Even easier to do on a real board :)

You need a length of good quality slippery thread or twine. Old fashion "dial cord" from the days a valve radios would be ideal. You also need two small weights.
Postion channel 1 fader at max, channel two at min. Tie one weight to end of thread, leave around 300mm dangling down front of board with weight on it. Take thread over board and then a turn or two around fader 1 knob so it cannot slip. Then over a channel 1 knob, turn right to a channel 2 knob, down the board and tie to channel 2 fader then down front of board to hang free and add weight.

Now as you slide channel 1 fader up and down channel 2 fader will move in the opposite direction.

Bob.

Bob, you just made my day :-)
Do you rent this board from a museum?

Mike

> "i just want to shout 'duck' at the appropriate moment and have it do it for me "

.....for sure you will get an echo!

"Do you rent this board from a museum?"

Wish I could afford some of that old kit. Heck wish I'd bought some decades ago. Last auction I went to an old 16 channel Neve desk covered in bird poo went for over $15k. A much more modern 96 channel SSL desk went for less. Rumour was that the Neve was built by the man himself. Maybe someone was hoping to find some Neve DNA in amongst the point to point wiring to clone another Neve.

Bob.