From f23c947674c1c4040c205ad2ef0d14e2af118493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Prokoudine Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:13:23 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update just the text for now --- .../exporting-a-region/index.en.md | 60 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/index.en.md b/content/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/index.en.md index 99c6bd6..6eee398 100644 --- a/content/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/index.en.md +++ b/content/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-region/index.en.md @@ -1,58 +1,66 @@ +++ title = "Exporting regions" chapter = false -weight = 1 -#pre = "1. " +weight = 2 +++ -You may wish to Export only a Region of your Session, perhaps to use as a sample in another application, or to Edit -it in a different editor program. This chapter shows you how. +You may wish to export only a region of your session, perhaps to use as a +sample in another application, or to edit it in a different program. This +chapter shows you how to do that. ## Exporting a Region -To Export a Region, select it (so it becomes blue), and then right-click into the sub-menu -**Export**, or use the top menu: *Region > Export*. +To export a region, select it (so it becomes blue), and then right-click into +the sub-menu _Export_, or use the top menu: `Region > Export`. ![export region](en/Ardour4_Export_Region_1.png) -This will open up the same Export dialog box explained in the [Exporting a Session](../exporting-a-session) chapter. -Choose your options, and click "Export". Only the selected Region will be exported. +This will open up the same export dialog box explained in the +[Exporting a Session](../exporting-a-session) chapter. Choose your options and +click _Export_. Only the selected region will be exported. -Please note that when exporting a Region, not all parameters and edits -are exported. **Trimmed**, **split**, **stretched** and **reversed** -regions can be exported, but edits such as and **Panning**, and **Automation** are *not* exported. -Also, the volume of the audio Track itself or the Master Bus will not affect the exported -file. To export these edits, please see the chapters on **Exporting a Range** and **Exporting a Session**. +Please note that when exporting a region, not all parameters and edits are +exported. Trimmed, split, stretched and reversed regions can be exported, but +edits such as panning and automation are _not_ exported. + +Also, the volume of the audio track itself or the _Master_ bus will not affect +the exported file. To export these edits, please see the chapters on exporting +a range and exporting a session. ## Exporting Several Regions At Once -If you are building a collection of samples to use later in another software, and your samples are basically trimmed and edited Regions, at the end of the process you will need to export all of them. If the number is large, exporting them manually can be tedious. Here's one way of exporting several Regions at once. +If you are building a collection of samples to use later in another software, +and your samples are basically trimmed and edited regions, at the end of the +process you will need to export all of them. If the number is large, exporting +them manually can be tedious. Here's one way of exporting several regions at +once. -* In Grab Mode (shortcut "*G*"), select all the Regions you want to Export. They do not need to be on the same Track. +* In _Grab_ mode (**G** shortcut), select all the regions you want to export. They do not need to be on the same track. ![export region](en/Ardour4_Export_Region_Multiple_1.png) -* Go to menu *Region > Ranges* and choose *Add Range Marker Per Region*. +* Go to the `Region > Ranges` menu and choose _Add Range Marker Per Region_. ![export region](en/Ardour4_Export_Region_Multiple_2.png) -* Ardour has now just created Range Markers that fit exactly the beginning and ending of your selected Regions (see the green rectangles in the Range Markers ruler): +* Ardour has now just created range markers that fit exactly the beginning and ending of your selected regions (see the green rectangles in the range markers ruler): ![export region](en/Ardour4_Export_Region_Multiple_3.png) -* Go to menu *Session > Export* and choose *Export to Audio File(s)* (shortcut "*Alt*" + "*E*"). +* Go to the `Session > Export` menu and choose _Export to Audio File(s)_ +(**Alt+E**). -* In the Export dialog box, click on the "*Time span*" tab. You will see all the newly created Ranges listed there. There is also a default Range that stands for the entire Session. +* In the export dialog box, click on the _Time span_ tab. You will see all the newly created ranges listed there. There is also a default range that stands for the entire session. -* Under "Time Span", click "*Select All*", and de-select the very first Range (the "session" Range). The reason is because we want to export the shorter Ranges, not the whole Session. +* Under _Time Span_, click **Select All** and de-select the very first range (the "session" range). The reason is because we want to export the shorter ranges, not the whole session. ![export region](en/Ardour4_Export_Region_Multiple_4.png) -* Go back to the main tab ("*File format*"). +* Go back to the main tab (_File format_). -* Click "*Export*". +* Click **Export**. -You Regions have now been exported to single audio files. +Your regions have now been exported to single audio files. {{% notice info %}} This method exports *everything* that falls under each defined time range. In other words, if you have other regions in other tracks sounding simultaneously with the region(s) you want to export, they will be mixed together. Another way of looking at it is this: the export operation will export everything that *plays* under the defined time ranges. If that is not what you want, you can use solo or mute buttons on select tracks to ensure you export only what you want. @@ -60,8 +68,8 @@ This method exports *everything* that falls under each defined time range. In ot ## Continuing -Finally, the next chapter will show discuss **Exporting Ranges** rather -than just an individual Region. The last trick (exporting multiple regions -at once) in fact already involved using ranges, as you may have guessed. +Finally, the next chapter will discuss _Exporting Ranges_ rather than just an +individual region. The last trick (exporting multiple regions at once) in fact +already involved using ranges, as you may have guessed. Next: [EXPORTING A RANGE](../exporting-a-range)