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export either a range or the entire session.</p><h2id=exporting-a-range>Exporting a Range</h2><p>To export a range, follow these steps:</p><ol><li>Click on the <strong>Range Mode</strong> button (<strong>R</strong> shortcut)</li></ol><figure><imgsrc=en/Ardour4_EditModes_R.pngalt="Range mode"></figure><olstart=2><li>Make a range selection:</li></ol><figure><imgsrc=en/ardour7-exporting-range-1.pngalt="Make a range selection"></figure><olstart=3><li>Right click on the range and choose <em>Export Range</em> from the menu:</li></ol><figure><imgsrc=en/ardour7-exporting-range-2.pngalt="Export Range in menu"></figure><p>This will open the familiar <em>Export</em> dialog explained in the <ahref=../exporting-a-session>Exporting
click <strong>Export</strong>. The range will be exported and saved as an audio file.</p><h3id=what-exactly-is-a-range>What Exactly Is a Range?</h3><p>To define a range is simply to specify a beginning and ending point in time. The <strong>Selection</strong> display to the right of the secondary clock shows the start and end times of the selected range, as well as its duration.</p><figure><imgsrc=en/ardour7-range-duration.pngalt="Range duration"></figure><p>The range created through the method above will disappear as soon as you click outside of it.</p><p>The <em>Export Range</em> command will export everything that plays through the
<em>Master</em> bus, exactly as it plays back in your session. If any of the tracks
have the <strong>Mute</strong> or <strong>Solo</strong> buttons engaged, this will also affect which
tracks are heard in the exported file.</p><h3id=how-to-create-a-range-marker-and-then-re-select-a-range>How to Create a Range Marker and Then Re-select a Range</h3><p>Range markers are essentially two location markers the are grouped together to mark the beginning and end of a section on the timeline. Range markers look like this:</p><figure><imgsrc=en/ardour7-range-markers.pngalt="Range markers"></figure><p>You can use range markers to “bookmark” one or more ranges that you need to remember or use again later. Here is how you can do that.</p><ol><li><p>Make a range selection either in <em>Range</em> mode or in <em>Grab</em> mode with <em>Smart</em>
option enabled.</p></li><li><p>Create range markers in one of the following ways:</p></li></ol><ul><li>Right-click on a range selection and choose <em>Add Range Marker</em>.</li><li>From the timeline, right click on the <em>Range Markers</em> horizontal space and choose <em>New Range</em>.</li><li>From one or more selected regions, right-click on the region and choose <em>Add
Single Range Marker</em> (if a single region is selected), or <em>Add Range Marker Per
Region</em> (if multiple regions are selected).</li></ul><olstart=3><li><p>Click anywhere outside the range selection to lose it.</p></li><li><p>Right-click on either of the two range selection markers on the timeline and
<scriptsrc=/ardour-tutorial/js/search.js?1652723066></script></div><divid=homelinksclass=default-animation><ul><li><aclass=paddinghref=/ardour-tutorial/en/><iclass="fas fa-home"></i> Home</a></li></ul></div><divid=content-wrapperclass=highlightable><ulclass=topics><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/title=Introductionclass=dd-item><inputtype=checkboxid=section-9278c07c1c4f7473c66529d5a0c6e688class=toggle><labelfor=section-9278c07c1c4f7473c66529d5a0c6e688></label><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/><b>1. </b>Introduction</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/title=Conventionsclass=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/>Conventions</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/title="What is digital audio?"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/>What is digital audio?</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/title="Getting started"class=dd-item><inputtype=checkboxid=section-6ba418844f4e8ce868bfa62d1bf5b9b1class=toggle><labelfor=section-6ba418844f4e8ce868bfa62d1bf5b9b1></label><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/><b>2. </b>Getting started</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-ardour/title="Starting Ardour"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/starting-ardour/>Starting Ardour</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/title="Overview of the Interface"class="dd-item alwaysopen"><inputtype=checkboxid=section-65fa48091b8ede8e5c409cc42ad6af14class=togglechecked><labelfor=section-65fa48091b8ede8e5c409cc42ad6af14></label><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/>Overview of the Interface</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/editor-window/title="Editor window"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/editor-window/>Editor window</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/mixer-window/title="Mixer window"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/mixer-window/>Mixer window</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/recorder-window/title="Recorder window"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/recorder-window/>Recorder window</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/cue-window/title="Cue window"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/cue-window/>Cue window</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/creating-tracks-and-busses/title="Creating tracks and busses"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/creating-tracks-and-busses/>Creating tracks and busses</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/importing-audio/title="Importing audio"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/importing-audio/>Importing audio</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/setting-up-the-timeline/title="Setting up the timeline"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/setting-up-the-timeline/>Setting up the timeline</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording-audio/title=Recordingclass=dd-item><inputtype=checkboxid=section-f34c0a5099ecaf52ba2ddf859ecf8564class=toggle><labelfor=section-f34c0a5099ecaf52ba2ddf859ecf8564></label><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording-audio/><b>3. </b>Recording</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording-audio/recording-audio/title="Recording audio"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording-audio/recording-audio/>Recording audio</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording-audio/understanding-routing/title="Understanding routing"class=dd-item><ahref=/ardour-tutorial/en/recording