Linear Fade-out — User Guide

Praat script.

Author: Shai Cohen Affiliation: Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Version: 0.1 (2025) License: MIT License Repo: https://github.com/ShaiCohen-ops/Praat-plugin_AudioTools

Contents:

What this does Quick start Parameters Outputs

What this does

Praat script.

Process Description: This script is a powerful Dynamic Shaping Tool that applies a non-linear Soft Compression to manage the sound's transients, followed by a time-dependent Exponential Gain Envelope (either fade-in or fade-out). This provides fine control over the sound's initial dynamics and its temporal attack or decay.

Quick start

In Praat, select a Sound object.
Run script… → Linear Fade-out.praat.
Set parameters and click OK.
Output object appears (see Outputs).

Parameters (form fields)

Name (GUI)	Type	Default
compression_denominator	positive	4
fade_base	positive	20
invert_fade	boolean	0
scale_peak	positive	0.99
play_after_processing	boolean	1

Outputs

Object name: output
Sample rate: unknown
Normalization: No automatic normalization