+ -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. Session > Export > Export to Audio file(s)... -shows the Export Dialog to do this. - + 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. Session > Export > Export to Audio file(s)… + shows the Export Dialog to do this.
+-You can also export the outputs of multiple tracks & busses all at once via -Session > Export > Stem Export.... + You can also export the outputs of multiple tracks and busses all at once via + Session > Export > Stem Export….
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+ -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. -Ardour is supplied with a list of export formats, including: + 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. + Ardour is supplied with a list of export formats, including: +
++ You can edit these formats, or create your own, with the "Edit Export Format Profile" dialog, which + appears when you click the "Edit" or "New" button to the right of the drop-down list of formats.
-You can also create a 'Preset' consisting of one or more formats. Ardour provides some ready-made presets, too: + You can also create a 'Preset' consisting of one or more formats. Ardour provides some ready-made presets, too: +
-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. + Aside from providing a way to tell Ardour where to put the created file(s), + the location part of the window allows to name the exported files with + a lot of choice regarding the naming convention, hence blending into the user's + workflow, and providing a clean way to keep the export folders from beeing cluttered + with poorly named files.
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+ 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. +
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+ | Make files public | +Choose whether to make uploaded files available to anyone via the Soundcloud web site. |
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| Open uploaded files in browser | +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. |
| Make files downloadable | +Choose whether to allow downloading of files uploaded to Soundcloud. |
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-This tab allows you 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. + Checking Analyze Exported Audio shows the Export Report/Analysis + window. This provides a lot of useful information about the exported file:
++ It also allows to Play the file, and the + Open Folder button gives a quick access to the place where it has been created. +
++ The most prominent feature though, are the two generated views of the audio file + in time (waveform) and frequency (sonograph) domain, and the loudness + analysis, giving: +
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-Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file. + This tab allows you 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.
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+ -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. + Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file.
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+ + 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. +