ardour-tutorial/content/exporting-sessions/exporting-a-range/index.en.md

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As you have already learned in previous chapters, exporting an isolated region does not export all of the changes you might have made to that region. To export edits such as panning, fader automation, and plugin effects, you must export either a range or the entire session.

Exporting a Range

To export a range, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Range Mode button (R shortcut)

{{< figure src="en/Ardour4_EditModes_R.png" alt="Range mode" >}}

2. Make a range selection:

{{< figure src="en/ardour7-exporting-range-1.png" alt="Make a range selection" >}}

3. Right click on the range and choose Export Range from the menu:

{{< figure src="en/ardour7-exporting-range-2.png" alt="Export Range in menu" >}}

This will open the familiar Export dialog explained in the Exporting Sessions chapter. Choose your options, if any, and click Export. The range will be exported and saved as an audio file.

What Exactly Is a Range?

To define a range is simply to specify a beginning and ending point in time. The Selection display to the right of the secondary clock shows the start and end times of the selected range, as well as its duration.

{{< figure src="en/ardour7-range-duration.png" alt="Range duration" >}}

The range created through the method above will disappear as soon as you click outside of it.

The Export Range command will export everything that plays through the Master bus, exactly as it plays back in your session. If any of the tracks have the Mute or Solo buttons engaged, this will also affect which tracks are heard in the exported file.

How to Create a Range Marker and Then Re-select a Range

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:

{{< figure src="en/ardour7-range-markers.png" alt="Range markers" >}}

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.

1. Make a range selection either in Range mode or in Grab mode with Smart option enabled.

2. Create range markers in one of the following ways:

• Right-click on a range selection and choose Add Range Marker.
• From the timeline, right click on the Range Markers horizontal space and choose New Range.
• From one or more selected regions, right-click on the region and choose Add Single Range Marker (if a single region is selected), or Add Range Marker Per Region (if multiple regions are selected).

3. Click anywhere outside the range selection to lose it.

4. Right-click on either of the two range selection markers on the timeline and choose the Select Range menu option. The range selection will be restored.

{{% notice tip %}} You can clear all existing range markers by right-clicking on the Range Markers area of the timeline and choosing Clear All Ranges. {{% /notice %}}

Continuing

You now know how to Export isolated Regions, selected Ranges from your Session, or the entire Session as a Stereo Mix. The last section of this tutorial explains saving sessions, snapshots, and templates.

Next: SAVING A SESSION