Patent ID: 8600529

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving digital audio data; displaying a visual representation of the audio data in a user interface; displaying a fade tool with respect to the visual representation of the audio data; and receiving a single graphical user input gesture via the fade tool, the single user input gesture defining a fade curve and applying the fade curve to the audio data, wherein defining the fade curve via the single user input gesture includes: specifying a fade length of a fade effect based on a first displacement of a cursor from the fade tool along a first axis in the user interface; specifying a fade shape of the fade effect based on a second displacement of the cursor relative to the fade tool along a second axis in the user interface, the specified fade shape defining a linear shape, an exponential shape, or a logarithmic shape dependent upon a direction of the cursor displacement relative to the second axis such that displacement in a first direction defines a first fade shape and displacement in a second direction defines a different second fade shape.