Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

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The Export Audio Mixdown dialog
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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 and audio-related channels 
available in the project. These channels are organized in a hierarchical structure that 
allows you to easily identify and select the channels you want to export. The different 
channel types...

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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 number to the specified file 
name every time you click the Export 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...

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Channel Name
The name of the exported channel.
Project Name
The name of the Cubase project.
Counter (Cubase Pro only)
This is only available for batch export. Use this to include an incrementing 
number in the generated files names in order to create unique file names.
NOTE
By combining the available naming elements, you can make sure that all the files of 
a batch are exported with unique names. If you have set up a naming scheme that 
would...

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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.
RELATED LINKS
The available file formats on page 946
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 following options are available:
Sample Rate (uncompressed file...

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To avoid clipping, the following summing rules are applies:
Stereo: The panning law as defined in the Project Setup dialog is applied. 
Surround (Cubase Pro only): The channels are summed and then divided 
through the number of channels used (in case of a 5.1. channel = 
(L+R+C+LFE+Ls+Rs)/6).
Split Channels
Activate this if you want to export all subchannels of a multi-channel bus as 
separate mono files.
L/R Channels
Activate this if you want to...

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• If you activate the “Create New Project” option, a new project is created that 
contains one audio track for each of the exported channels, as well as the 
signature and tempo track of the original project. Note that if this is activated, 
the Pool and Audio Track options are disabled.
The tracks will have the corresponding mixdown file as audio event. The track 
names will be identical with the export channel names. Note that the new 
project will be...

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• Ogg Vorbis files
• Windows Media Audio Pro files (Windows only)
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Note that the Wave 64 file format is the only format that allows you to export files 
with a resulting size of more than 2 GB.
NOTE
Most of the settings described below for AIFF files are available for all file types. 
Where this is not the case, you will find additional information in the corresponding 
section.
RELATED LINKS
AIFF files on page 948...

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AIFF files
AIFF stands for Audio Interchange File Format, a standard defined by Apple Inc. 
AIFF files have the extension .aif and are used on most computer platforms. For AIFF 
files the following options are available:
Insert Broadcast Wave Chunk
This allows you to include information about the date and time of creation, a 
timecode position (allowing you to insert exported audio at the correct 
position in other projects, etc.) along with author,...

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AIFC files
AIFC stands for Audio Interchange File Format Compressed, a standard defined by 
Apple Inc. These files support compression ratios as high as 6:1 and contain tags 
in the header. AIFC files have the extension “.aifc” and are used on most computer 
platforms.
AIFC files support the same options as AIFF files.
Wave files
Wave files have the extension “.wav” and are the most common file format on the 
PC platform.
Wave files support the same...

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FLAC files
Free Lossless Audio Codec files are audio files that are typically 50 to 60 % smaller 
than regular Wave files, for example. FLAC is an open source format.
Use the Compression Level fader to select the compression level for the FLAC file. 
Since FLAC is a lossless format, the level has more influence on the encoding 
speed than on the file size.
MPEG 1 Layer 3 files
MPEG 1 Layer 3 files have the extension “.mp3”. By use of advanced audio...