[quote user="Larry Rubin"] I am escalating this issue to Avid Engineering and QA. [/quote] Thank you , thank you, thank you!

This may be a really stupid suggestion, but could it be a permissions problem?

Wanted to add something as we await confirmation from a third person: On a subjective level, my impression is that the fades are not linear as they used to be, but instead some kind of logarithmic curve (see picture of curves from a different app, used as illustration). The fade is very gradual until it suddenly drops off at the end. This also seems

[quote user="AndrewAction"] Not tried on 3.5.1 here. Does it make any difference if your dissolves are rendered? (not in timeline view of your first post) [/quote] As I would expect, rendering takes care of the issue (because now it's just playing though a new file). So now I can either (a) park ahead of my audio dissolve to audition even

[quote user="Job ter Burg"] And there is of course the "Demote" function, in order to create a sequence that is compatible with earlier revisions. [/quote] In case anyone is looking for it in vain, it comes up when you right-click a sequence (see picture).

[quote user="AndrewAction"] Or just a different way of working (thinking.... or not ) 15 years with Avid and have never used an audio keyframe (or audio dissolve), could not even tell you how to use them. [/quote] You are not alone. By far. Again, to everyone out there: can anyone confirm this new audio dissolve behavior on 3.5.1 ??

[quote user="Kenton.VanNatten"] But still, seems limiting to me. Like trying to write a novel without using the word "the". [/quote] Yup. I'm with you there! If it were up to me, we'd have flying faders, too.

[quote user="Kenton.VanNatten"] Why can't the other editor conform to your preference rather than you conforming to his? [/quote] Well, it doesn't help that I'm his assistant .

[quote user="Larry Rubin"] In your audio project settings, under the effects tab, make sure the dissolve midpoint attenuation choice is for "constant power", not "linear". [/quote] Thanks. This didn't solve the problem. To clarify: what you hear depends on where the playback bar was at the moment you pressed play. Anyone

Dissolving from audio material to filler should act like a crossfade to silence. However: In my new 3.5.1 installation (supported MacBook Pro 15"), what I hear depends on where I start playback (!). If I start playback from before the dissolve, it fades out more or less as expected. If I start near the end of the dissolve, it behaves more like