Create Fades on Clip Edges to avoid clicks

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You may notice pops or clicks with a sample during playback. This can happen if the start or end of the audio waveform is higher than 0dB.

You can activate Create Fades on Clip Edges in the Record/Warp/Launch section of Live's Preferences to prevent any clicks. A short fade (up to 4 ms) will be applied to the Clip start and end.

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In Live 10, these fades can also be activated via the Clip Fade button.

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You can manually adjust the length of the Fades by dragging the square icon in the top left or right of an audio clip:

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In order to be able to edit the clip fades, you need to deactivate the automation mode which you can do in one of the following ways: 

  • Clicking on View in the top menu of Live and Automation Mode or
  • Pressing the A button on your computer keyboard. If this doesn't work, make sure that the keyboard icon in the top right corner of Live is deactivated:

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