Fader

The fader is the component of DynamDJ that connects the four audio file players. It is represented by a wide horizontal bar located immediately under the players, colored with a gradient made of the player colors fading into each other. This is analogous to those players' audio outputs, which are blended together when the fader's knob is located in the area between two players. Output of players further away from the knob is muted. Note that this is independent to the player's volume parameter (see page players), which is a separate factor multiplied to the fader setting. If the knob is located in the middle under one player, exclusively this player can be heard. After DynamDJ is launched, this is the case for the first (leftmost) player.
The black triangles, as seen in the following image, can be found under each non-muted player. Their opacity indicates the corresponding player's volume.

Animation

The fader can be animated towards a position by clicking on that position using the right mouse button or the ctrl-key. It will then slowly move to this point in time. This works the same way as the player parameters, see the parameter animation page for more information.
If you start an animation from the center of one player to it's left or right neighbor's and both players are set up for rhythm synchronization and playing, a rhythm synchronized cross-fade will be done. This means that the rhythm of both players is first automatically synchronized by changing the target player's speed, the animation is then started, and the speed of the target player is reverted as the fader reaches it. In the optimal case, the two players blended together while fading will sound more harmonic.