# Instrument fading in on transition where there is no fade

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/instrument-fading-in-on-transition-where-there-is-no-fade/21577>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/instrument-fading-in-on-transition-where-there-is-no-fade/21577 "2024-05-03T13:23:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenedictNichols](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@BenedictNichols](https://qa.fmod.com/u/BenedictNichols)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/instrument-fading-in-on-transition-where-there-is-no-fade/21577/1 "2024-05-03T13:23:18Z")

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Hi

I have a region that loops made up of various instruments. When first playing region the first instruments play as they should. On repeating, using a transition of 2 bars with no fade-in on the instruments, the instruments are fading in during the transition…

No ADSR set ups, no volume automations (in or outside of the transition). No instrument fading out during the transition either. If I reduce the transition to instantaneous (i.e. 0 bars) it works fine.

Turning on async for the instrument makes no difference.

Is this a bug? Or am I missing something?!

Im on 2.02.15

Any help or workaround would be much appreciated. I have seen the other post about how isntrument fades and volume automations basically control same thing. As I have neither of those going on, that doesnt help!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/instrument-fading-in-on-transition-where-there-is-no-fade/21577/2 "2024-05-08T03:55:40Z")

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You mention that the transition is two bars. Do you mean that there’s a transition timeline? If so, does the fade-in occur while the playback position is inside the transition timeline, or after leaving it? If it occurs during the transition timeline, does the transition timeline have any source or destination regions, and if so, do those regions feature fade curves?

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**Author:** ![synthic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@synthic](https://qa.fmod.com/u/synthic)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/instrument-fading-in-on-transition-where-there-is-no-fade/21577/3 "2026-10-01T12:34:09Z")

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Hello! Was this ever resolved? I’m having this exact problem in 2.03.11 right now. I want to transition to a Destination Marker from a Transition Region that has a 1 bar transition timeline. I want three single instruments (on three tracks) to start playing immediately, while another instrument on another track is fading out briefly at the beginning of the transition timeline. No fades are applied to any of the destination instruments. No automation or modulation is used. No fade-ins are set on any of the destinations in the transition timeline. And there are no instruments placed before the destination instruments that have fade-outs on them. Still, I get a 1 bar fade-in on these tracks during the transition.