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title: Fades Tab
menu_title: Fades Tab
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<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_fades.png" alt="session properties fades tab"/>

<p>
  Change how Ardour works with region crossfades.
</p>

<ul>
  <li>
    <dfn>Destructive crossfade length</dfn> is used when an operation on a 
    region is destructive, such as when recording in a track is in tape mode.
  </li>
  <li>
    When <dfn>Region fades</dfn> <strong>active</strong> is checked, the 
    region fades set up in the mixer are used during playback.  When unchecked, 
    the fades are ignored.
  </li>
  <li>
    When <strong>Region fades visible</strong> is checked the region fades are visible
    in the the <strong>Editor</strong>.
  </li>

</ul>