VideoStudio X8.5 audio fade out

[flexable77]

I want to fade out an MP3 audio on the score, down to no audio.

I'm aware of the fade in/out options and the ability to use the audio handles on the score.
Even with those options, I can't get the fade out to silence.

There's a noticeable pop even with the fade out, especially when followed by silence, as with my situation.

I created an trimmed & faded mp3 with audacity and that works.
There must me some way to fade the audio to silence.

Thanks,

Ron

[lata]

Hi Ron
And welcome to the forums

I don’t see any problems in using the Audio Fade In or Out although the lower end seems to go to -36DB, that’s pretty quite.
Certainly I do not has issues with pops? I assume you mean at the very end of the fade out?

If you use one of the sample audio clips from the library does that cause a pop.

Do you think the problem is with the original MP3, some audio using the "MP3 Lame codec" does cause problems for video editors.
If you use Audacity to convert the MP3 to Wav, then use VS to fade out, do you still hear the pops?

[Ken Berry]

Can I also ask if you are familiar with the rubber band control of audio? That is what I always use in VS and always manage to get whatever music/audio clip down to zero by applying it.

[flexable77]

Ken & Lata,

I'm familiar with the rubber band controls of audio.
Even with those controls, I can't fade out to silence.
It's at -36 DB, so there is still some sound, although minimal.

I have the same issues with the original mp3 and the one created with audacity.
There's a buzz/pop on the score, but gets more noticeable after rendering.

http://www.screencast.com/t/6f8dMVrkscxW

This is the extracted audio clip and 24 seconds into it, just before the silence, you'll hear the buzz/pop sound.
It's an mp3 converted with audacity and replaced on the score.

The end of the audio is fadded out, but that's not to silence.
It's still above the audio wave, at the -36 db, which is quite, but still noticeable.

==> Ken,

How can you get to 0 with when the rubber bands/fade out can't get below the audio wave to zero.

==> lata,

Yes, on the fade out, because it's not silent or down to 0, you can hear the change, especially when followed by silence.
It happens for the other audio clips, but not noticeable because of the following audio clip on the score.
The same issue occurs using stock music, which is reasonable, since there is an abrupt change in audio.
The end of the stock music has fade outs built in, so it's not noticeable. But if you stop in the middle of the audio,
that's the scenario that causes the issue.

Thanks,

Ron