<p>
- When you have finished mixing your session, you probably want to export it to a sound
- file to burn to a CD, upload to the web, or whatever. <kbd class="menu">Session > Export > Export to Audio file(s)…</kbd>
- shows the Export Dialog to do this.
+ When the work in Ardour is finished, one or multiple sound file(s) need to be
+ created, be it to be printed to a medium such as a CD or DVD, uploaded to a
+ streaming site or sent to another person or software for further work. This
+ can be done either using <kbd class="menu">Session > Export >
+ Export to Audio file(s)…</kbd>.
</p>
-<p>
- You can also export the outputs of multiple tracks and busses all at once via
- <kbd class="menu">Session > Export > Stem Export…</kbd>.
-</p>
-
-<h2>File Format</h2>
-
-<figure>
- <img src="/images/export-dialog-file-format.png" alt="The Export window">
+<figure class="right">
+ <img width="50%" src="/images/export-dialog-file-format.png" alt="The Export window">
<figcaption>
The Export window
</figcaption>
</figure>
+<h2>File Format</h2>
+
<p>
- This tab contains controls for the format of the exported audio file.
- You can enable more than one format here, in which case each will be exported in turn.
+ This tab contains controls for the format of the exported audio file(s).
+ More than one format can be enabled here, in which case each will be exported in turn.
Ardour is supplied with a list of export formats, including:
</p>
<ul>
-<li>CD (Red Book)</li>
-<li>DVD-A</li>
-<li>FLAC 24 bit </li>
-<li>FLAC 24 bit (tagged)</li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis</li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis (tagged)</li>
-<li>Ring Tone</li>
+ <li>Amazon Music</li>
+ <li>Apple Music</li>
+ <li>BWAV 24bit</li>
+ <li>BWAV 32float</li>
+ <li>CD (Red Book)</li>
+ <li>FLAC 24 bit </li>
+ <li>MP3 (extreme)</li>
+ <li>MP3 (medium)</li>
+ <li>MP3 (standard)</li>
+ <li>Ogg/Vorbis</li>
+ <li>Ring Tone</li>
+ <li>Soundcloud and Spotify</li>
+ <li>Wav (Tagged)</li>
+ <li>YouTube and Deezer</li>
</ul>
<p>
- You can edit these formats, or create your own, with the <a href="@@export-format-profiles">"Edit Export Format Profile"</a> dialog, which
- appears when you click the "Edit" or "New" button to the right of the drop-down list of formats.
+ These formats can be edited, or new ones created, with the <a
+ href="@@export-format-profiles">"Edit Export Format Profile"</a> dialog, which
+ appears when clicking the <kbd class="menu">Edit</kbd> or
+ <kbd class="menu">New</kbd> buttons to the right of the drop-down list of
+ formats.
</p>
<p>
- You can also create a 'Preset' consisting of one or more formats. Ardour provides some ready-made presets, too:
+ Presets can also be created, consisting of one or more formats. Ardour
+ provides some ready-made presets, too:
</p>
<ul>
-<li>CD + DVD-A</li>
-<li>CD + FLAC</li>
-<li>CD + FLAC (tagged)</li>
-<li>CD + Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC (tagged)</li>
-<li>CD + Ogg_Vorbis</li>
-<li>CD + Ogg_Vorbis (tagged)</li>
+<li>CD + Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC</li>
<li>CD only</li>
<li>DVD-A only</li>
<li>FLAC</li>
-<li>FLAC (tagged)</li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC</li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC (tagged)</li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis </li>
-<li>Ogg_Vorbis (tagged)</li>
+<li>Ogg/Vorbis</li>
+<li>Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC</li>
+<li>Streaming</li>
</ul>
<h2>The location</h2>
<li>A time (also in multiple format).</li>
</ul>
-<h2>Soundcloud upload</h2>
-<p>
- When 'Upload to Soundcloud' is ticked on in any format's tab, a pane containing fields
- to enter in Soundcloud account details (email and password), and what should happen
- to the uploaded files will become visible.
+<p class="note">
+ As in the screenshot above, when writing a file could erase a present file with
+ the same name, Ardour shows a yellow warning line in the bottom of the window, and
+ a button to list all the files that would be erased and replaced.
</p>
-<figure>
- <img src="/images/soundcloud-upload.png" alt="Exporting to Soundcloud">
- <figcaption>
- Exporting to Soundcloud
- </figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-<table class="dl">
- <tr><th>Make files public</th>
- <td>Choose whether to make uploaded files available to anyone via the Soundcloud web site.</td></tr>
- <tr><th>Open uploaded files in browser</th>
- <td>Open each file on soundcloud in your browser after upload.
- If you don't enable this, you can still see the URLs in the Log window.</td></tr>
- <tr><th>Make files downloadable</th>
- <td>Choose whether to allow downloading of files uploaded to Soundcloud.</td></tr>
-</table>
-
<h2>Analyze exported audio</h2>
<figure>
- <img src="/images/export-report-analysis.png" alt="The Export Report/Analysis window">
+ <img width="50%" src="/images/export-report-analysis.png" alt="The Export Report/Analysis window">
<figcaption>
The Export Report/Analysis window
</figcaption>
<h2>Time Span</h2>
<figure>
- <img src="/images/export-dialog-timespan.png" alt="The Time Span tab">
+ <img width="50%" src="/images/export-dialog-timespan.png" alt="The Time Span tab">
<figcaption>
The Time Span tab
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- This tab allows you to select the range (or ranges) of the timeline to export. By default, "session" is
+ This tab allows to select the range (or ranges) of the timeline to export. By default, "session" is
enabled—this will export the whole session from the start marker to the end marker.
+ Any loop or range present in the session can be chosen, or a combination thereof.
</p>
-
-<h2>Channels</h2>
-
-<figure>
- <img src="/images/export-dialog-channels.png" alt="The Channels tab">
- <figcaption>
- The Channels tab
- </figcaption>
-</figure>
-
<p>
- Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file.
+ The realtime checkboxes allow to export audio as it is played,
+ and not freewheeling to render the file as fast as Ardour can. This can prevent
+ odd behaviours from some plugins (reverbs, etc...). This can be chosen globally
+ (with the <kbd class="option">Realtime Export</kbd> checkbox at the top) or individually on a per time span basis, with
+ the <kbd class="option">RT</kbd> checkbox next to each time span.
</p>
-<h2>Stem Export</h2>
+<h2>Channels</h2>
<figure>
- <img src="/images/export-dialog-stem-export.png" alt="Stem export">
+ <img width="50%" src="/images/export-dialog-channels.png" alt="The Channels tab">
<figcaption>
- Stem export
+ The Channels tab
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- If you chose 'Stem Export', the 'Channels' tab appears slightly differently:
- in this case each chosen channel (track or bus) is exported to its own file,
- instead of all channels being mixed together into a single file. You can
- choose to export either the region contents or the track output here in this
- case.
+ This tab decides which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported
+ file. By default, only the Master Bus is sent.
</p>
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