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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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File: The exported audio will be saved at the location specied here. Tracktion automatically selects a
location inside your project folder and names it appropriately based on the edit and the number of exports
you have made.
Format: From this option you can select the format of the resultant export le. The options available will
be dependent on whether you chose to export an audio le or an MP3/Ogg le.
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Audio: You will have options of WAV, AIFF, FLAC, AV, CAF, VOC, and WAV64.
• MP3/Ogg:
The choices offered here are MP3, and Ogg. Both of these formats are reductive
compression types that sacrice quality for le size. MP3 is the more widely used of the two,
though Ogg is held by many to give a subjectively better sound.
Stereo: Select whether to export a mono, or stereo, audio le.
Sample rate: (Only available when exporting audio les) Select the sample rate of the le (for music
destined for CD, use 44100).
Mode: (Only available when exporting MP3/Ogg les) Select whether the le should be encoded as
variable bitrate, average bitrate, or constant bitrate. If in doubt, use the default setting of constant bi-
trate.
Sample size: (Only available when exporting audio les) Select the sample resolution of the exported
audio le. If you are intending to burn this audio to a CD, use 16-bit. If you are exporting this audio for
further editing, or to be used in other projects, you may want to instead export to 24 or 32-bit.
Bitrate: (Only available when exporting MP3/Ogg les) Select the bitrate at which the resultant le will
be compressed . Higher values give better sounding results, but produce correspondingly larger les.
192 is generally a good compromise.
Remove silence at start/end: When this option is selected, Tracktion will trim silence from the beginning
and end of the exported le(s).
Dithering enabled: When audio is changed from 24-bit or 32-bit down to 16-bit, some accuracy and
detail is lost. Typically, this effect will be most noticeable in quiet sections of the music, such as reverb
tails. Dithering is a technique that can be used to offset some of the quality loss, given subjectively bet-
ter sounding audio les. Typically you would want to leave this option enabled, unless: you are using an
alternate dithering lter on the master section of the edit; you are exporting the audio at 24-bit or higher;
or you are planning to apply further processing to the audio.
Only render marked region: When this option is selected, Tracktion will export only the area between
the in/out markers.
Only render selected tracks/clips: If one or more tracks or clips are selected, this option becomes
available and Tracktion will export only the currently selected track(s) or clip(s).
Render each track to a separate le: (Only available when exporting audio les.) When this option is
selected Tracktion will export a separate audio le for every track in the edit. This is useful if you wish
to import your work into another sequencer. When this option is disabled, Tracktion simply creates one
single audio le of the entire mix. If you wish to burn the edit to a CD, you should uncheck this option.
Render at 1x play-speed: Some 3rd party plug-ins get confused when made to process audio at a rate
faster than normal play-speed. Whilst this option will greatly slow down renders, it may be worth trying if
a plug-in produces unexpected results in the exported audio.