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Export Audio Mixdown
10. If you activate Update Display, the meters will be up-
dated during the export process.
This allows you to check for clipping, for example.
11. Click Export.
A dialog with a progress bar is displayed while the audio file is created.
To cancel the operation, you can click the Abort button.
• If the “Close Window after Export” option is activated,
the dialog will be closed automatically.
• If you have activated any of the options in the “Import
into Project” section, the file will be imported back into the
same project.
When playing back the reimported file, mute the original tracks so that
you only hear the mixdown.
The Export Audio Mixdown dialog
Below you will find detailed descriptions of the different
sections of the dialog and the corresponding functions.
About the Channel Selection section
The Channel Selection section shows all output channels
available in the project.
• You can activate/deactivate channels by clicking on the
checkboxes in front of the channel names.
About the File Location section
In the File Location section you can specify a name and a
path for the exported files.
At the right of the Name and the Path fields there are two
pop-up menus with a number of options:
Naming Options
• Select “Set to Project Name” to set the Name field to
the project name.
• Activate the “Auto Update Name” option to add a num-
ber to the specified file name every time you click the Ex-
port button.
Path Options
• 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 Name 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 “Use Project Audio Folder” option to save
the mixdown file in the project’s Audio folder.
About the File Format section
In the File Format section, you can select the file format for
your mixdown files and make additional settings that are
different for each file type. For details, see
“The available
file formats” on page 299.
About the Audio Engine Output section
The Audio Engine Output section contains all the settings
related to the output of the Cubase audio engine. The fol
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lowing options are available:
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If you set the export range in such a way that the ef-
fects applied to a preceding event (e. g. reverb) reach
into the next, these will be heard in the mixdown (even
though the event itself is not included). If you do not
want this, you need to mute the first event before
exporting.
Option Description
Sample Rate
(uncompressed
file formats only)
This setting determines the frequency range of the ex-
ported audio – the lower the sample rate, the lower the
highest audible frequency in the audio. In most cases,
you should select the sample rate set for the project,
since a lower sample rate will degrade the audio quality
(mainly reducing the high frequency content) and a
higher sample rate will only increase the file size, with
-
out adding to audio quality. Also consider the future us-
age of the file: If you plan to import the file into another
application, for example, you should select a sample
rate supported by that application.
If you are making a mixdown for CD burning, you should
select 44.100
kHz, since this is the sample rate used on
audio CDs.