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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Chapter 8: Importing, Exporting, Freezing,
And Rendering
Chapter Contents
8.1 : Importing And Exporting Projects
Importing Project And Edit Archives
Exporting Project And Edit Archives
8.2 : Exporting Audio
8.3 : Exporting MIDI
8.4 : Rendering Tracks And Freezing Tracks
Rendering Tracks
Freezing Tracks
8.5 : The Import Button Options
8.6 : The Export Button Options
8.1 : Importing And Exporting Projects
Importing Project And Edit Archives
Once an archive project is created, you can easily reopen it when needed.
To import an archive project or edit, simply:
• Switch to the projects page.
• Click the open project button located in the control section.
• You will be prompted for the path of your project or archive. Navigate to the project archive you
wish to import, and select it.
• Tracktion will prompt you for a folder into which the archive should be unpacked. Select a suit
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able folder, and click OK. Tracktion will create a project folder in the selected folder to unpack the
archive.
Once you have chosen the archive and a destination folder, Tracktion will create a project folder in
the chosen directory, unpack the archive into it, and add the new project to the projects list.
If you wish to import the material contained in an archive into an existing project, you can in-
stead:
• Switch to the projects page.
• Select the project to which the archived content will be added.
• In the properties panel, click the import material button, and select the unpack an archive and
add it to this project option.
• You will be prompted for the path of your project or archive. Navigate to the project archive you
wish to import, and select it.
The archive will be unpacked, and all edits and material contained in it will be added to the current
project.
This later option can be especially useful if a number of band members are collaborating on a song
remotely, as it provides an easy way to consolidate the various different versions into one project.