From: Ed Ward
-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.
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+ 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 & busses all at once via
+ Session > Export > Stem Export….
-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:
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+ 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:
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-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.
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+ 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. +
-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. + The name of the file(s) can optionnaly be made of:
- + ++ 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. +
+ + +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. |
Make files public | +Choose whether to make uploaded files available to anyone via the Soundcloud web site. |
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. |
+ Checking Analyze Exported Audio shows the Export Report/Analysis + window. This provides a lot of usefull informations 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: +
+-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. + 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.
--Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file. + Here you can choose which outputs (tracks or busses) should be sent to the exported file.
-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. + 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.
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