+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/export-dialog-stem-export.png" alt="Stem export">
+ <figcaption>
+ The Stem Export dialog
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
<p>
- <dfn>Stem exports</dfn> are covered fully in the <a href="@@mixdown">Export</a>
- chapter. A stem export creates one file per track, starting at the beginning of
- the session. Each track can then be imported into another DAW.
-</p>
-<p>
- All data will be lost except the actual audio/MIDI (no plugins, no automation).
+ <dfn>Stem exporting</dfn> allows to transfer files between different systems and
+ softwares by exporting each track individually, including silence, to keep them
+ in sync. All data will be lost except the actual audio/MIDI.
This is one of the most common methods of interchange because it works between
all DAWs.
</p>
+<p>
+ The Stem Export window, accessed via the <kbd class="menu">Session >
+ Export > Stem Export…</kbd> menu, is very similar to the
+ <a href="@@export-dialog">Export dialog</a>, except 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.
+</p>
+<p>
+ The exported tracks or busses can, by checking <kbd class="option">Apply
+ track/bus processing</kbd>, be exported with the effects/processors applied,
+ so that the destination system does not need those effects plugins.
+</p>
+