+ -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…. + 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 Session > Export > + Export to Audio file(s)….
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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(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: +
++ These formats can be edited, or new ones created, with the "Edit Export Format Profile" dialog, which + appears when clicking the Edit or + New buttons 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: + Presets can also be created, 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 being cluttered + with poorly named files.
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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. |
+ 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. +
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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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+ + 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. +
-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 Realtime Export checkbox at the top) or individually on a per time span basis, with + the RT checkbox next to each time span.
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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. + This tab decides which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported + file. By default, only the Master Bus is sent.