Why wont my crossfade tool work?

When I select the crossfade tool and drag it from one region to the other, sometimes it works and sometimes it just doesn't. The regions are touching, even when I zoom in to the finest resolution. This is extremely frustrating. Don't stop reading and start posting. Finish reading my post.

I stumbled upon at least one thread where someone was encountering a similar problem, but it was archived, so I couldn't post my discovery there.

If you drag one of the regions, drop it, then drag it back to its original position, the crossfade tool works. This obviously isn't ideal, but at least it works. If anyone has a better solution for me, I'd love to hear it.

I didn't see anywhere where I could use the marquee tool to highlight the desired region for the Xfade, then use a key command to set the fade. Why, oh why can't you do this, Logic? WHY!!?!?!?!!!!!

imac intel, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Aug 14, 2010 12:06 PM

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Aug 29, 2010 5:39 PM in response to alan gamble

Check that you're audio files are uncompressed AIFF or WAV. If you have imported anything into your project like an mp3 or m4a file, it may not have been converted to uncompressed audio file, and you won't be able to create crossfades.
You can do this by selecting the regions you want to edit and under the audio heading in the tool bar, select "convert regions to new audio files". I thought I had set up Logic to do this automatically when importing, but it did not happen for me just recently.
I think it's a really good idea to save your new project AS SOON AS YOU CREATE IT, before you've done any importing or recording. This way you have a proper project folder established and files in folders where they're supposed to be right from the start.
Hope that helps.

Aug 29, 2010 9:36 PM in response to alan gamble

I've experienced this problem with Logic at times--it can be extremely frustrating. (wasn't a file-type issue in my case, since I was using all AIF files recorded inside the project)

Another workaround that has worked for me is adjusting the boundary position: I've found that when this bug rears its head, you can generally play around with the boundary point between the two regions and crossfades will suddenly work again.

Are you using Logic 9.1.1 ? I haven't experienced this bug in a while, so I'm hoping it has maybe been fixed once and for all ?

-James

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