Fade Out

[aaronmcoleman]

Ok, two questions,

1) what shape fade do you use for fade outs for a whole song? I've tried a few and nothing sounds right to me.

2) how long is a typical fade out...i'm listening to some on songs i like and they seem to fade out fairly quickly (like 5-7 seconds)...but using any of reaper's fade shapes it sounds weird.

maybe there is some trick i'm missing.

 

[mjbphotos]

There's no set rule. Try to make all the songs that are going to be on one CD (if compiling them) the same. At a certain volume on certain players you really can't hear the music anymore, so instead of a straight line fade out, a curved one makes more sense (slow start, fast end).

 

[aaronmcoleman]

I messed with it some more, and the one with the fastest ending sounded the best to me, so i applied that fade to all the tracks (in one song) and it sounds ok. I had to make the kick fade a little faster because it was standing out in the end.

 

[mjbphotos]

I apply the fade to the final mix down, rather than to individual tracks (although I will automate the faders down to 0 on any tracks not needed at the end).

 

[RAMI]

I applied that fade to all the tracks (in one song) and it sounds ok.

Like MJ said, why don't you wait until you're mastering the song to do the face-out, instead of applying it to indiviual tracks?

 

[aaronmcoleman]

True I should wait. Reason i didn't…I didn't think to. Haha.