User`s guide

Chapter 12: Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI 127
Exporting Audio
The following sections discuss exporting
regions as audio files, exporting left and
right audio files as stereo interleaved files,
exporting region information, and trans-
ferring entire tracks between sessions (Mac-
intosh only).
You can also export audio from Pro Tools
by bouncing or consolidating audio tracks.
For more information, see “Bouncing
Tracks to Disk” on page 313 and “Consoli-
date Selection Command” on page 196.
Exporting a Region as a New
Audio File
You can export regions as audio files with
the Export Selected As Files command. Use
this command if you intend to use a region
in other sessions (or other audio applica-
tions) without using its parent source file.
This command also provides a way to con-
vert regions to a different audio format,
sample rate, or bit depth.
To export regions as new audio files:
1 In the Audio Regions List, select the re-
gions you want to export.
2 From the Audio Regions List pop-up
menu, choose Export Selected As Files.
3 In the Output Options dialog, set the
files’ format, sample rate, bit depth, and
stereo mode. In addition, specify the Con-
version Quality and destination parame-
ters.
For more information on the output pa-
rameters, see “Output Options” on
page 315.
4 Once the Output Options are configured,
click OK to export the new audio files.
Exporting Stereo Interleaved Files
You can also use the Export Selected As
Files command to export audio regions to
stereo interleaved files. For this to work,
the selected regions must have identical
names with “.L” and “.R” suffixes (for in-
stance, vocals-01.L and vocals-01.R).
To export regions as a stereo interleaved file:
1 Select the left and right audio regions in
the Audio Regions List or Edit window.
2 From the Audio Regions List pop-up
menu, choose Export Selected As Files.
3 In the Output Options dialog, select “Ste-
reo from .L/.R” in the Channels pop-up
menu.
4 Configure any other output parameters,
then click OK to export the new stereo in-
terleaved file.
Output Options dialog