topic Re: Fade In/Fade Out Annoying! in Desktop (Windows)

Fade In/Fade Out Annoying!

JimFlan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:21:45 GMT

Running Spotify Premium desktop on Win7 - what's with the noticable fade in/fade out on tracks?

It's very noticable, often if a track starts immediatley the first few notes are completley missed off!

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briancaverle — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:56:38 GMT

I agree!

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user-removed — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:10:40 GMT

Edit - Preferences - Disable crossfade.

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George — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:06:52 GMT

Bearing in mind the original post was two weeks ago, it's impossible for cross fading to be causing this issue... It was only released 2 days ago!!

You might find that as the spotify library is reencoded for gapless playback, some of the fading in out might get sorted. Hopefully.

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licenced — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:37:21 GMT

In that case is it a problem with specific tracks? I haven't noticed it at all as far as I'm aware.

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George — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:42:39 GMT

It must be specific tracks... I've not noticed it myself either.

But certainly not a cross fade related problem.

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arneja — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:28:35 GMT

I have the same problem - music fading in and out. I notice it when I use headset on my laptop - it is very anoying. It is not related to any particular song, it is on all songs I have been listen too... Windows 7, spotify premium. Any advice how to solve this problem?

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Peter__ — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:18:09 GMT

@arneja wrote:

I have the same problem - music fading in and out. I notice it when I use headset on my laptop - it is very anoying. It is not related to any particular song, it is on all songs I have been listen too... Windows 7, spotify premium. Any advice how to solve this problem?

Hey! Welcome to the community 🙂

Do you get this on all tracks or just a few?

Make sure crossfade is disabled in your settings if it is always happening.

Also, Spotify don't edit any content they get from record labels, it is provided "as is" so if it was provided to Spotify (or recorded) with a fade then the track will always fade (independent of the crossfade function).

Peter

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ZG — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 06:06:15 GMT

Same here! Noticed it recently with over/in-ear headphones. Crossfade option is not even checked. I don't remember having a problem like this earlier this year or last year.

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Peter__ — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 13:00:21 GMT

Hey 🙂

What operating system and Spotify version are you using (Help/Spotify > About)?

Peter

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cicciopuzzolo — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:59:13 GMT

True, I also just started using the desktop application and there's always a short fade in and fade out, no matter the settings in preferences. Fix that, please!

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Jrod — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:38:03 GMT

same problem, i don't have crossfade enabled.

The fade in/out completely destroys the flow of DJ mixes!

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daward13 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:37:35 GMT

I have this exact same problem. Happens on all tracks in the middle of the track at random points. Crossfade is off. No Beats audio headphones or effects on the laptop...

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dbunting — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:05:41 GMT

I've had the same problem. I went into preferences and unchecked the box that said, "Make all tracks the same volume" and for now that seems to have fixed the problem. Hope that helps.

David

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ahvingsing — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:01:13 GMT

I'm still experiencing this horrible issue no matter what platform I use. I have an Android Phone on Lollipop, iPad 4 on iOS 8, and I use the app on Windows 8.1. I do not have crossfade on or any equalizes. I'm in the latest version of Spotify on all platforms.

I've signed up for that 3 month deal and am eager to extend it but this volume issue is honestly a dealbreaker. Seems like this issue has been going on for over a year and it's still not resolved...

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lindseyxbrooke — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:07:00 GMT

I'm also experiencing this. All music will fade out for a few seconds then fade back in loudly. Normal equalizers, no crossfading enabled, all basic settings. It's very annoying when I would like to listen to music in my car then it fades in loudly and blows me out of the windows. Any help would be appreciated. I'm using the free trial of premium. I really like Spotify but I don't know if I can take much more of this fading.

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MrAMC — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:35:58 GMT

Seriously though, I have the same exact problem and it's so stupid it does mess up the flow. It seems like a treble and bass problem because, when a heavy hook drops or the instrumental gets busy, it fades. Once the instrumental calms the volume gets dumb loud again. I tried everything like everyone else and it's so f'n annoying! It even happened in the free trial version...I was a fool to think it would cease by being a certified member. I think we all deserve quality.

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MrAMC — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:37:42 GMT

I got it yo! I have android but I'm sure it can work for you too..on your phone sound settings turn your tube amp on and you might have to turn the surround sound feature off at the same time. Hope that works.

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MrAMC — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:43:08 GMT

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rgbower — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:09:42 GMT

I'm experiencing this too (fading in and out at random in the middle of tracks)... on a nice new MacBook PRo... can it be something to do with listenning via a bluetooth speaker... really anoying...