electroacoustics

Cross-Fade


In broadcasting and studio mixing, a cross-fade is the simultaneous occurrence of a fade-in (of new material) and a fade-out (of old material), usually lasting 1 - 5 seconds.

See: Fade. Compare: Crosstalk, Montage, Pan.

A slow cross-fade between a restaurant with a prominent electrical hum, and a humming power line, several thousand miles away, both of which have the frequency of alternating current in common.