How to do a filter fade
Muffle A with a low-pass, then bring B in soft.
- Essential
- easy
- About 8 bars
When to use it
- Use it when you're bringing the energy down.
- A natural fit for house/techno, melodic/trance and pop/open-format.
- Works at any tempo gap, and it's the go-to move when the songs are more than 8% apart, because there's no beatmatched overlap.
Step by step
- 1Slowly turn A's filter toward low-pass over 4 bars: it gets muffled and far away.
- 2Pull A's fader down as it fades.
- 3Start B at its intro with its fader up gently.
- 4Reset A's filter to the middle once it's gone.
See it on a controller, and hear it with your own songs
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Similar techniques
- Hard cut on the phraseSnap from A to B exactly on a new phrase.
- Quick cutStop A, start B. Bold and clean.
- Echo outLet A ring out on an echo, then drop B.
- SpinbackRewind A like a vinyl spin, then slam B in.
- Let it play outLet A finish, then start B clean.
- Vocal-over introStart B's vocal intro over A's fading instrumental.