Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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Export Audio Mixdown
Introduction
The Export Audio Mixdown function in Cubase allows you to mix down audio from 
the program to a file on your hard disk.
You always mix down an output channel. For example, if you have set up a stereo 
mix with tracks routed to a stereo output bus, mixing down that output bus would 
give you a mixdown file containing the whole mix.
Please note the following:
• The Export Audio Mixdown function mixes down the area between the left and 
right locators.
• When you mix...

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3. Open the File menu and select “Audio Mixdown…” from the Export submenu.
The Export Audio Mixdown dialog opens.
4. In the Channel Selection section to the left, select the channel you want to mix 
down. The list contains all output channels available in the project.
5. In the File Location section at the top you can specify a name and path for the 
mixdown file.
6. Select an entry from the File Format pop-up menu and make additional 
settings for the...

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• If the “Deactivate External MIDI Inputs” option is activated, any MIDI inputs that 
are performed on external devices during the export process are ignored.
• 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.
IMPORTANT
If you set the export range in such a way that...

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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...

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If you are making a mixdown for CD burning, use the 16 bit option, as CD 
audio is always 16
 bit.
In this case, we recommend dithering.
Cubase Elements only: Activate the UV-22HR dithering plug-in (see the 
separate PDF document “Plug-in Reference” for details). This reduces the 
effects of quantization noise and artifacts from being introduced when 
converting the audio down to 16
 bit. 8 bit resolution should only be used if 
required, since it...

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If you activate the Audio Track option, the Pool option will automatically be 
activated as well, and deactivating the Pool option also deactivates the Audio 
Track option.
RELATED LINKS
Importing Media on page 327
About the Import Options dialog
If you activate any of the options in the “Import into Project” section, the Import 
Options dialog will open when the export is complete.
RELATED LINKS
Importing Media on page 327
About the Post Process...

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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 557
AIFC files on page 558
Wave files on page 558
Wave 64 files on page 559
Broadcast Wave files on page 559
FLAC files on page 559
MPEG 1 Layer 3 files on page 560
Ogg Vorbis files on page 560
Windows Media Audio Pro files (Windows...

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Edit button
By clicking this button, the Broadcast Wave Chunk dialog opens, where you 
can enter additional information that will be embedded in the exported files. If 
you activate the Use this Timecode checkbox in this dialog, the timecode 
position that is specified in the Timecode field will be used instead of the 
timecode position that is automatically derived from the left locator.
NOTE
In the Preferences dialog (Record–Audio–Broadcast Wave page)...

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Wave files support the same options as AIFF files and have one additional option:
• Don’t Use Wave Extensible Format
The Wave Extensible format contains additional metadata, such as the 
speaker configuration. It is an extension to the normal Wave format that some 
applications may not be able to handle.
If you get problems using the Wave file in another application, activate this 
option and re-export.
Wave 64 files
Wave 64 is a proprietary format...

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MPEG 1 Layer 3 files
MPEG 1 Layer 3 files have the extension “.mp3”. By use of advanced audio 
compression algorithms, MP3 files can be made very small, yet maintaining good 
audio quality. In the File Format section, the following options are available for 
MPEG
 1 Layer 3 files:
Bit Rate fader
By moving this fader, 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...