Reference Guide

931

Preparing audio for distribution

Mixing

select in the Source Buses/Tracks field.

• Entire Mix. Choosing this option creates one file for your entire mix.

9. In the Source Buses/Tracks field, choose the buses or tracks you want to use as a source to

create your mix. If you chose Tracks in the Source Category field, only tracks will show up as

choices in this field.

10. In the Channel Format field, select one of the following options:

• Stereo. All exported tracks and clips are mixed down to a stereo file or files.

• Mono. All exported tracks and clips are mixed down to a mono file or files.

• Split Mono. All exported tracks and clips are mixed down to separate mono files.

11. Choose the sample rate that you want your exported file to be.

12. In the Bit Depth field, select 16. If your source file is 24 and you export to 16, you lose some

sound definition, but you get some of it back if the Dithering option is on in the Edit >

Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording dialog box (see “Dithering” on page 936 for

more information).

13. In the Mix Enables field, choose the elements you want to include in the mixdown. If you want to

exclude muted tracks and/or include only soloed tracks, make sure Track Mute/Solo is checked.

14. If you want to save the settings you created in the Export Audio dialog box, type a name for

them in the Preset window and then click the floppy disk icon that’s next to the window.

15. Click Export.

The Cakewalk MP3 Encoder dialog box appears.

16. Choose options and click OK.

The audio is compacted and exported to a file or files with the extension .mp3.