Your favorite crossfader moves

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@Clancy

Still my main use:

Oh yeah this looks fun.

And the tips and tricks thread clancy points to is loaded with other amazing ideas. So i will read those 326 posts as well….although ive read it before:). I think it’s the type of thread to re-read.

Just after clancys post, @stutech describes a xfade scratching technique that i will also try.

@stutech

My humble OT tip.

I have been trying to come up with a really tight xfader curve for scratching with OT. Now there are several methods for this but I think I finally figured out the best way:

Set up a delay fx for the track you wish to cut with the xfader. Configure the delay to do echofreeze. Now make that echofreeze output silence with a very short delaytime. Set up a scene which activates the echofreeze and Bob’s your uncle.

While I find this method produces the fastest possible cut with the OT fader (MIDI CC value change of just 1 unit for opening and closing the fader!), its still more of a ”scratch switch” type of cut, not a fade, so results will wary. A real cutting xfader will still produce more musical scratches. But this trick is neat for cutting up beats and such!