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In Audio Engineering , a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the Volume of a source. A Recorded Song may be gradually reduced to silence at its end (fade-out), or may gradually increase from silence at the beginning ('''fade-in''') For example, the songs " Born To Be Wild " by Steppenwolf and " Hey Jude " by The Beatles both fade out. However, "Born to be Wild" fades out in a matter of seconds, whereas "Hey Jude" takes over 2 minutes to completely fade out. Fading-out can serve as a recording solution for pieces of music that contain no obvious ending. The term ''fade'' is also used in multi-speaker audio systems to describe the balancing of power between front and rear channels. FADER A fader is any device used for fading, especially when it is a knob or button that ''slides'' along a track or slot. A knob which ''rotates'' is usually not considered a fader, although it is electrically and functionally equivalent. A fader can be either Analogue , directly controlling the Resistance or Impedance to the source; or Digital , numerically controlling a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). CROSSFADER A crossfader essentially functions like two faders connected side-by-side, but in opposite directions. It allows a DJ to fade one source out while fading another source in at the same time. This is extremely useful when Beatmatching two Phonograph records or Compact Discs . There are many Software applications that can crossfade songs while burning an audio CD. REFERENCES
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