# is there a way to do a fade in/out with soft keys/scene recall

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**Category:** Qu General Discussions\
**Created:** [9 February 2022 15:46 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870 "2022-02-09T15:46:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![imdjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@imdjay](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/imdjay)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2022 15:46 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870/1 "2022-02-09T15:46:41Z")

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Hey all, this is probably a amateur question, but: is there a way to do a program/scene/etc… change on the board to go from say “program opening settings” to “program closing settings”, but in a smooth transition, not a hard move. for instance: we have someone introduce from MIC 1, and they then throw it over to MIC 2, so i would want to have a way to execute a smooth fade down and up on the faders. This isn’t the actual use, just a very simple example to get the idea across.

If not possible on the board, what software/midi might be able to?

cheers

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**Author:** ![summitcn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/summitcn/32/2846_2.png) [@summitcn](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/summitcn)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2022 12:53 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870/2 "2022-02-10T12:53:11Z")

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Qu and SQ don’t have scene transition timers. This feature is only available on Avantis and dLive.

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**Author:** ![mikec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mikec](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/mikec)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2022 02:17 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870/3 "2022-02-11T02:17:40Z")

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Is it really that simple of thing you want to do with scene change, a cross fade between  
two input sources.

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**Author:** ![imdjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@imdjay](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/imdjay)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2022 20:16 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870/4 "2022-02-28T20:16:27Z")

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Yes, but it looks like scott put a nail in that coffin, So either a total no-go, or see if can have a software control the board do achieve it

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**Author:** ![garyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@garyh](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/garyh)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2022 15:33 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-a-fade-in-out-with-soft-keys-scene-recall/11870/5 "2022-03-01T15:33:41Z")

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The QU’s can be controlled with midi. Find a device or software that allows you to set up automation.