How to set fade out and crossfade times
KTPlayer has two separate fade settings:
- Fade out: how long audio takes to fade when you press Stop. Global, applies to every cue.
- Crossfade (Xfade): how long audio takes to fade from one cue into the next when one cue runs into another. Per-cue.
Before you begin
- A show file is loaded.
Set the global Stop fade
This is the one to set first. It applies whenever you press Stop mid-cue.
- Open Preferences: KTPlayer → Preferences (
⌘,). - Click the Behavior tab.
- In Fade audio on STOP for, enter the desired duration in milliseconds.
- Close the Preferences window. The new value applies to every Stop press from now on.
Default Stop fade
1000 ms (1 second).
Set a per-cue crossfade between cues
Default is set to none. When a cue ends and the next one fires, KTPlayer can crossfade between them. This is useful when a cue is skipped: in some cases the audio might pop or sound unnatural without an Xfade.
- Switch to edit view: View → Edit Cuelist (
⌘E). - Find the cue you want to crossfade out of. Double-click its Xfade cell. The cell becomes editable.
- Type a value in milliseconds, from
0to1000. PressReturnto confirm. - The cell displays the new value. If
0, the cell displays-and no crossfade happens.
Xfade belongs to the outgoing cue
The crossfade time is a property of the cue you fade out of, not the one you fade into. So to crossfade from Cue A into Cue B, set the Xfade value on Cue A.