audio fade

[Guest]

I can't seem to find a way to make the audio fade out at the end of the presentation. I can either do it by timing the music, or by simply linking the fade to the last slide. does anyone know how to do this? the microsoft help person didn't seem to know how, or if it were possible, either. thanks for any help!

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

You cannot fade the music within PowerPoint itself. There are two solutions:

Look here: Sound Fades for PowerPoint - http://snipurl.com/soundfade
This shows you how to create sound fades using Sony Sound Forge - but you
can use another audio editor.

Another solution is to use PowerPlugs: Music which comes with music sets
that include fade-in and fade-out variations. Here's more info:
PowerPlugs Music - http://snipurl.com/powerplugsmusic


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
http://www.powerpointed.com
The PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/

I can't seem to find a way to make the audio fade out at the end of the

presentation. I can either do it by timing the music, or by simply linking
the fade to the last slide. does anyone know how to do this? the microsoft
help person didn't seem to know how, or if it were possible, either.
thanks for any help!

 

[Vincent Pozon]

What I do is I use Windows Movie Maker, which is free, import the file, fade
it and save.

 

[Guest]

I went to that site and waded through many articles and ads for products. it seems that if I want to use someone else's music i can purchase it with the inherent ability to fade. however, i want the ability to make anything fade! is there some product i cann purchase that would enable me to do that? I have coped by lowering the volumne incrementally for the last few slides , but this is a paid to do!

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

You can always open the file in an audio editor and fade it? I did provide
you with a URL that has a tutorial using Sony Sound Forge
(http://snipurl.com/soundfade) - you can use the same techniques in another
sound editor - here are some sound editors, including free ones:

http://www.indezine.com/products/sound/
--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
http://www.powerpointed.com
The PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/

I went to that site and waded through many articles and ads for products.

it seems that if I want to use someone else's music i can purchase it with
the inherent ability to fade. however, i want the ability to make anything
fade! is there some product i cann purchase that would enable me to do
that? I have coped by lowering the volumne incrementally for the last few
slides , but this is a paid to do!

 

[Echo S]

Personally, I thought the link to the tutorial at
http://www.indezine.com/products/sound/sf/fade.html (the first link Geetesh
gave you) was pretty straightforward and not trying to sell you anything. I
mean, it's 5 steps and 4 figures and tells you exactly how to open up a
sound file and make it fade. As he says, you can use any sound editor
software to create the same effect. PPT's not a sound editor, though.

Gold Wave and Cool Edit have both been mentioned here as good cheap (or
free?) sound editors. A Google search for keywords Sound Editor turns up,
oh, about 5 million hits.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=sound+editor

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I went to that site and waded through many articles and ads for products.

it seems that if I want to use someone else's music i can purchase it with
the inherent ability to fade. however, i want the ability to make anything
fade! is there some product i cann purchase that would enable me to do
that? I have coped by lowering the volumne incrementally for the last few
slides , but this is a paid to do!

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Search for
audacity

(it's free)

Cheers
TAJ

 

[Echo S]

As a matter of fact, it's first on the Google hits when you search on Sound
Editor.

Echo

 

[TAJ Simmons]

I didn't know. I had use to use audacity for a massive wav file. It's one of the few that can handle such a large file.
It handled it really well...better, than a commercial offering I use a lot....so I was impressed.

TAJ

 

[Echo S]

Very cool and *very* good info to know!

Echo

I didn't know. I had use to use audacity for a massive wav file. It's one

of the few that can handle such a large file.