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Tutorial 3: Mixing
In the Write Project to Audio File dialog, specify the export
location and the file name in the corresponding fields and
activate/deactivate the following options for mp3 files:
Audio Mixdown of selected tracks (bouncing)
Sometimes it may be necessary to combine multiple tracks
of a project into one or to convert CPU-hungry instrument
tracks to audio. This is called “bouncing tracks”. In order to
do this, follow these simple steps:
1. Activate solo on the tracks you want to bounce. Bypass
any global or output effects. You can add them again later.
2. Open the Project menu, choose “Export Project as
Audio File…” and pick a name and format (preferably
24-bit WAV but 16-bit will do as well).
3. Locate the newly created audio file and drag it into the
open project into the empty space below the last track. A
new track will be created with the bounced file.
4. You can now mute or delete the original tracks and
adjust your mix.
Option Description
Bit Rate In this field you can select a bit rate for the mp3 file. As a
rule, the higher the bit rate, the better the audio quality
and the larger the file. For stereo audio, 128kBit/s is of-
ten considered to result in “good” audio quality.
Sample Rate Determines the frequency range of the audio – the lower
the sample rate, the lower the highest audible frequency
in the audio.
High Quality
Mode
When this is activated, the encoder will use a different re-
sampling mode, which can give better results depending
on your settings. In this mode, you cannot specify the
Sample Rate, but only the Bit Rate for the mp3 file.
Insert ID3 Tag When you activate this option, the ID3 tags that you
specified in the ID3 Tag dialog will be included in the file.
Edit ID3 Tag
button
When you click this button, the ID3 Tag dialog opens, in
which you can enter information about the file. These text
strings (tags) can be displayed in most mp3 playback ap-
plications.