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DaVinci Resolve · Audio

How to fade audio in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Hover over the top corner of an audio clip on the timeline and drag the white fade handle inward. For a crossfade between two clips, select the edit point and press Cmd+T on Mac or Ctrl+T on Windows.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Find the fade handle
  2. 02Drag to set the length
  3. 03Shape the curve
  4. 04Crossfade two clips
  5. 05Adjust the crossfade

  1. 01

    Find the fade handle

    Hover over the top-left or top-right corner of the audio clip on the Edit page timeline until a small white handle appears.

  2. 02

    Drag to set the length

    Drag the handle toward the middle of the clip. The tooltip shows the fade length.

  3. 03

    Shape the curve

    Drag the round dot in the middle of the fade line up or down to make the fade faster or slower at the start.

  4. 04

    Crossfade two clips

    Click the edit point between two audio clips and press Cmd+T or Ctrl+T. Or drag Cross Fade +3 dB from Effects > Audio Transitions onto the cut.

  5. 05

    Adjust the crossfade

    Select the transition and change its duration in the Inspector, or drag its edges on the timeline.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
A crossfade needs spare media past the cut on both clips. If a clip ends at its last frame, Resolve can't center the transition.

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Do it in Eddie

Eddie adds fades and dissolves, and they carry into Resolve.

Ask for a fade, such as "Fade the music out over the last 3 seconds" or "Dissolve between the second and third clips." Dissolves run 0.2 to 3 seconds and arrive in Resolve as a real cross-dissolve.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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Eddie's audio lanes: a warm piano track ducked under the dialogue, with the music brief beside it.

From the help center

FAQ

Questions

What is the crossfade shortcut in DaVinci Resolve?
Cmd+T on Mac or Ctrl+T on Windows adds the default transition at the selected edit point. For audio it is a crossfade.
Can I fade a whole audio track?
Fade each clip with its handles, or keyframe the track fader on the Fairlight page.

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