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Export Audio Mixdown
• Activate the “Auto Update Name” option (so that a
checkmark is displayed before it) to add a number to the
specified file name every time you click the Export button.
Path Options pop-up menu:
• Select “Choose…” to open a dialog in which you can
browse for a path and enter a file name.
The file name will automatically be shown in the File Name/Prefix field.
• Select an entry from the Recent Paths section to reuse
a path specified for a previous export.
This section is only shown after an export has been completed. With the
“Clear Recent Paths” option you can delete all entries from the Recent
Paths section.
• Activate the option “Use Project Audio Folder” to save
the mixdown file in the project’s Audio folder.
6. Choose an entry from the File Format pop-up menu.
7. Activate the Split Channels option if you want to ex-
port all sub-channels of a multi-channel bus as mono files,
or activate “Mono Export” if you want to export a channel
as a single mono file.
Ö “Mono Export” is not available if “Channel Batch Ex-
port” is activated.
8. Make additional settings for the file to be created.
This includes selecting sample rate, bit depth, etc. The available options
depend on the selected file format – see “The available file formats” on
page 422.
9. If you want to automatically import the resulting audio
files back into Cubase, activate any of the checkboxes in
the “Import into project” section.
If you activate the Pool checkbox, a clip referring to the file will appear in
the Pool. Activating the Audio Track checkbox as well will create an au-
dio event that plays the clip, and place it on a new audio track, starting at
the left locator. If you activate the Create New Project option, a new pro-
ject is created that contains one audio track for each of the exported
channels. Note that if this is activated, the Pool and Audio Track options
will be disabled.
Ö The Create New Project option is only available if you
have selected an uncompressed file format and the Use
Project Audio Folder option is deactivated.
10. If you activate Realtime Export, the export will happen
in realtime, i.e. the process will take the same time as reg-
ular playback.
Some VST plug-ins, external instruments and effects require this in order
to have enough time to update correctly during the mixdown – consult
the plug-in manufacturers if uncertain.
• Cubase only: When Realtime Export is activated, the
exported audio will be played back via the Control Room.
The Audition Volume fader allows you to adjust the Control Room volume.
Note that if the Control Room is deactivated and for channel batch exports,
there will be no Audition Volume fader in the dialog.
• Depending on the CPU and disk speed of your com-
puter, it may not be possible to export all channels simul-
taneously if Realtime Export is activated. If an error occurs
during the realtime export, the program will automatically
stop the process, reduce the number of channels and
start again. Afterwards the next batch of files is exported.
This is repeated as often as needed to export all selected
channels.
Due to this splitting of the export process in “runs”, the realtime export
might take longer than the actual playback would.
11. If you activate Update Display, the meters will be up-
dated during the export process.
This allows you to check for clipping, for example.
12. Click Export.
A dialog with a progress bar is displayed while the audio file
or files are being created. If you change your mind during
the file creation, you can click the Abort button to cancel
the operation.
• If the option “Close dialog after export” is activated, the
dialog will be closed.
• If you have activated any of the “Import into project” op-
tions, the file or files will be imported back into the same or
a new project.
When playing back the re-imported file in the same Cubase project, re-
member to mute the original tracks so that you really hear the correct file.
About the Channel Selection section
The Channel Selection section shows all output and au-
dio-related channels available in the project. These chan-
nels are organized in a hierarchical structure that allows
you to easily identify and select the channels you want to
export. The different channel types are listed below each
other, with channels of the same type being grouped in a
node (e.g. Instrument Tracks).
• You can activate/deactivate channels by clicking on the
checkboxes in front of the channel names.
• If Channel Batch Export is activated, you can also acti-
vate/deactivate all channels of the same type by clicking
on the checkbox in front of the channel type entry.