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File Format
+- 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:
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-
- CD (Red Book) -
- DVD-A -
- FLAC 24 bit -
- FLAC 24 bit (tagged) -
- Ogg_Vorbis -
- Ogg_Vorbis (tagged) -
- Ring Tone +
- Amazon Music +
- Apple Music +
- BWAV 24bit +
- BWAV 32float +
- CD (Red Book) +
- FLAC 24 bit +
- MP3 (extreme) +
- MP3 (medium) +
- MP3 (standard) +
- Ogg/Vorbis +
- Ring Tone +
- Soundcloud and Spotify +
- Wav (Tagged) +
- YouTube and Deezer
- 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. + 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:
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-
- CD + DVD-A -
- CD + FLAC -
- CD + FLAC (tagged) -
- CD + Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC (tagged) -
- CD + Ogg_Vorbis -
- CD + Ogg_Vorbis (tagged) +
- CD + Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC
- CD only
- DVD-A only
- FLAC -
- FLAC (tagged) -
- Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC -
- Ogg_Vorbis + FLAC (tagged) -
- Ogg_Vorbis -
- Ogg_Vorbis (tagged) +
- Ogg/Vorbis +
- Ogg/Vorbis + FLAC +
- Streaming
The location
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ 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 + workflow, and providing a clean way to keep the export folders from being cluttered with poorly named files.- The name of the file(s) can optionnaly be made of: + The name of the file(s) can optionally be made of:
-
@@ -83,34 +84,16 @@
- A time (also in multiple format).
Soundcloud upload
-- 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. +
+ 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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- | 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. |
Analyze exported audio
+
Checking Analyze Exported Audio shows the Export Report/Analysis - window. This provides a lot of usefull informations about the exported file: + window. This provides a lot of useful information about the exported file:
- the file name and location @@ -148,44 +131,36 @@
Time Span
+
- 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.
- -Channels
- -
- - 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.
-Stem Export
+Channels
+
- 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.