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-  
-<p>
-  <dfn>Stem exports</dfn> are covered fully in the 
-  <a href="/exporting/">Export</a> chapter. A stem export creates one file
-  per track, starting at the beginning of the session. You can then import
-  each track into another DAW and begin working on it. You lose all data
-  except the actual audio/MIDI (no plugins, no automation). This is one of
-  the most common methods of interchange because it works between all DAWs.
-</p>
 
+<figure class="right">
+  <img src="/images/export-dialog-stem-export.png" width="500px" alt="Stem export">
+  <figcaption>
+    The Stem Export dialog
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<p>
+  <dfn>Stem exporting</dfn> allows to transfer files between different systems and
+  programs 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 <kbd class="window">Stem Export</kbd> window, accessed via the
+  <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; Export &gt; Stem Export&hellip;</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>
+<p>
+  The toolbar in the Stem Export window also provides a quick way to select either audio or MIDI tracks or busses.
+</p>
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