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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Export Audio</h1>
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<div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump">Jump to: <a href="#column-one">navigation</a>, <a href="https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/File_Export_Dialog#searchInput">search</a></div>
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<p>Exports one or more audio files in any format that Audacity supports from the whole project or the current selection:
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<ul><li> It lets you set the folder location, file name, format and encoding options for your exported file</li>
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<li>You can use <b>Export Audio</b> to export multiple tracks as a mono or stereo <a href="mixing.html" title="Mixing">mixdown</a>, or as a multi-channel audio file by enabling <a href="advanced_mixing_options.html" title="Advanced Mixing Options">Advanced Mixing Options</a>.</li>
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<li> You can use <a href="#multiple"><b>Multiple Files</b></a> to export multiple audio files (based on <a href="label_tracks.html" title="Label Tracks">labels</a> or multiple <a href="audio_tracks.html" title="Audio Tracks">audio tracks</a>) in one process.</li></ul>
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<div class="note">What you hear by previewing with playback prior to export is what you will get in the Exported audio file.
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<ul><li>When using <b>Export</b> Audacity will only export tracks that are not grayed-out by use of the <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks"><b>Mute</b></a></span> or <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks"><b>Solo</b></a></span> buttons in the tracks' <a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks">Track Control Panels</a>. </li>
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<li>Also note that any hidden parts of audio clips are <i><b>not</b></i> exported, see <a href="audacity_tracks_and_clips.html" title="Audacity Tracks and Clips">Audio Tracks and Clips</a>. </div> </div></li></ul>
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<dl><dd><b>Accessed by:</b> <span class="menu">File > Export Audio</span>  <font size="-1"><span class="kbrd" style="background-color: #d0d0f8">Ctrl + Shift + E</span></font></dd>
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<dd><span title="Export Audio dialog"><img alt="Export Audio dialog 3-5-0.png" src="../m/images/9/93/export_audio_dialog_3_5_0.png" width="497" height="427" /></span></dd></dl>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contents">Contents</span></h2>
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<ol><li><a href="#tldr">Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="#file">File name, folder location and format</a></li>
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<li><a href="#format">Format options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#options">Audio options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#range">Export Range</a>
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<ul><li><a href="#multiple">Multiple file export</a></li></ul></li>
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<li><a href="#trim">Trim blank space before first clip</a></li>
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<li><a href="#metadata">Metadata</a></li>
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<li><a href="#mixing">Mixing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#cancel">Cancelling the export process</a></li>
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<li><a href="#progress">Export progress dialog</a></li>
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<li><a href="#cloud">Export to your computer or Muse's Cloud</a></li></ol>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Summary">Summary</span></h2>
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<p>In summary, there are several steps to follow when exporting:
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<ul><li>Choose the <a href="#name">file name</a> to export to.</li>
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<li>Choose the <a href="#folder">folder</a> to export to.</li>
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<li>Select the <a href="#format">Format</a> required for your exported file.</li>
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<li>Select the <a href="#rate">sample rate</a> required for your exported file.</li>
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<li>Choose the <a href="#range">export range</a>: whole project, current selection or multiple files.</li>
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<li>Optionally, press <span class="button">Edit Metadata</span> to edit the <a href="metadata_editor.html" title="Metadata Editor">metadata tags</a> for your exported file.
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<ul><li>The <a href="metadata_editor.html" title="Metadata Editor">Metadata Editor</a> dialog will then appear. This lets you enter embedded information tags in the file such as artist, year or genre.</li></ul></li>
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<li>Press <span class="button">Export</span>.</li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="File_name">File name</span></h3>
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Type the required file name. The correct file <i><b><a href="glossary.html#extension" title="Glossary">extension</a></b></i> - preceded by a period (dot) - will be added automatically to the end of the file name, according to the format selected in the "Save as type" list (see below). For example, typing "08 Voodoo Chile" (without quotes) will produce a file "08 Voodoo Chile.wav". For M4A and WMA formats (for which the optional <a href="faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffmpeg" title="FAQ:Installation and Plug-Ins">FFmpeg library</a> is required), you can add alternative extensions as specified in "FFmpeg formats" below.<p>Any other extensions can be added after a file name as required, but Audacity will display a warning that this is not the normal extension for this file type, and that some applications might not play files with non-standard extensions.</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#extensions" title="FAQ:Opening and Saving Files">Help with choosing the file name</a>:
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<ul><li><b>Avoid periods (dots)</b> in the file name, or you will have to add the <i><b><a href="glossary.html#extension" title="Glossary">extension</a></b></i> such as .wav or .mp3 at the end of the name.</li>
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<li>Some characters cannot be used on all operating systems or for email or Internet use, for example colons, semi-colons and slashes. </li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Folder">Folder</span></h3>
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<p>Clicking the <span class="button">Browse</span> button opens a standard File Export Dialog in which you select the location to which the files will be exported.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Format">Format</span></h3>
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<td align="left" valign="top">You can install the optional <a href="faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown" title="FAQ:Installation and Plug-Ins"><b>FFmpeg library</b></a> to import a much larger range of audio formats including <b>AC3, M4A, MP4 and WMA</b>.
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<p>Clicking in the input box opens a dropdown menu enabling you to chose the file format you wish to export to:
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</p><p><i><b>Hover over each row in "Save as type:" in the image to see the tooltip and click in that row to learn more.</b></i> <span style="font-size:0.8em"><a href="#skip">Skip the image</a></span>
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<dl><dd><div class="noresize"><map name="ImageMap_1_342408212"><area href="#type" shape="rect" coords="75,107,395,127" alt="Dropdown menu for selecting the required file format. Click to learn more." title="Dropdown menu for selecting the required file format. Click to learn more."/><area href="export_formats_supported_by_audacity.html#uncompressed" shape="rect" coords="75,127,395,146" alt="WAV is a lossless format that can both be played on Windows or Mac computers. WAV 16-bit PCM is eminently suitable whenever you want to burn your exported file to an audio CD. There are no options for this format. Click to learn more." title="WAV is a lossless format that can both be played on Windows or Mac computers. WAV 16-bit PCM is eminently suitable whenever you want to burn your exported file to an audio CD. There are no options for this format. 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<ul><li><a href="export_formats_supported_by_audacity.html" title="Export Formats supported by Audacity">Export Formats supported by Audacity</a> for more details on the various format types that Audacity supports for export</li>
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<li><a href="exporting_to_an_external_program.html" title="Exporting to an External Program">Exporting using an external encoder Program</a> for details of how to export audio for use in an external encoder</li>
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<li><a href="custom_ffmpeg_export_options.html" title="Custom FFmpeg Export Options">Custom FFmpeg Export Options</a> for details on how you can export a specific codec in a specific format container</li></ul>
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<td align="left" valign="top">WAV files are limited to a maximum size of 4GB - see <a href="export_formats_supported_by_audacity.html#wavtime" title="Export Formats supported by Audacity"><b>this page</b></a> for details of how that relates to maximum times.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Format_Options">Format Options</span></h2>
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<p>Some formats offer options for making settings like <i>quality</i> or <i>encoding</i>.
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</p><p>Export options vary from one audio format to another:
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<ul><li> <a href="wav_export_options.html" title="WAV Export Options">WAV Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="other_uncompressed_files_export_options.html" title="Other uncompressed files Export Options">Other uncompressed files Export Options</a> </li>
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<li> <a href="mp3_export_options.html" title="MP3 Export Options">MP3 Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="ogg_vorbis_export_options.html" title="Ogg Vorbis Export Options">Ogg Vorbis Export Options</a> </li>
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<li> <a href="opus_export_options.html" title="Opus Export Options">Opus Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="flac_export_options.html" title="FLAC Export Options">FLAC Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="wavpack_export_options.html" title="WavPack Export Options">WavPack Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="aac_export_options.html" title="AAC Export Options">AAC Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="ac3_export_options.html" title="AC3 Export Options">AC3 Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="wma_export_options.html" title="WMA Export Options">WMA Export Options</a> </li>
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<li> <a href="custom_ffmpeg_export_options.html" title="Custom FFmpeg Export Options">Custom FFmpeg Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="mp2_export_options.html" title="MP2 Export Options">MP2 Export Options</a></li>
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<li> <a href="exporting_to_an_external_program.html" title="Exporting to an External Program">(external program)</a></li></ul>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:118%">Custom FFmpeg Export:</span>
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<p>Using the <a href="custom_ffmpeg_export_options.html" title="Custom FFmpeg Export Options">Custom FFmpeg Export</a> provides access to a much wider range of export formats and codecs. For more information on this please see <a href="custom_ffmpeg_export_options.html" title="Custom FFmpeg Export Options">Custom FFmpeg Export Options</a>.
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</p><p>Be aware that not all combinations of format and codec that are offered in the dialog will work properly, you will need to experiment.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Audio_options">Audio options</span></h2>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Channels">Channels</span></h3>
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<p>Sets the number of channels for the exported audio file. There are three options:
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:118%">Stereo:</span> stereo pair with left and right channels - <i>this is the default setting even if you only have mono tracks for exporting</i></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size:118%">Custom mapping:</span> use this to export multi-channel (surround sound) files or to make customized assignments between Audacity tracks and the channels in the exported file.
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<ul><li>Selecting this and clicking on the <span class="button">Configure</span> button causes the <b><a href="advanced_mixing_options.html" title="Advanced Mixing Options">Advanced Mixing Options</a></b> dialog to appear. For details please see <a href="advanced_mixing_options.html" title="Advanced Mixing Options">Advanced Mixing Options</a>.</li></ul></li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sample_Rate">Sample Rate</span></h3>
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<p>Sets the sample rate for the exported file. Default setting is 44100 Hz, which is CD quality.
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<p>This option is for the default WAV exports, selecting other file formats will cause different options to appear in this position.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Entire_Project">Entire Project</span></h3>
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<p>Choosing this will export the entire project less any tracks that are grayed-out by use of the <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks">Mute</a></span> or <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks">Solo</a></span> buttons in the tracks and are inaudible on playback.
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<p>This allows you to do multiple audio file exports from Audacity, either based on the multiple tracks in the project, or based on the labels in a single audio track. As with Export Audio muted tracks are not exported.
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</p><p>Selecting this will cause the Export dialog to be expanded - see <a href="export_multiple.html" title="Export Multiple"><b>Export Multiple</b></a> for details.
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<td align="left" valign="top">A great time-saver for splitting up long recordings into separate CD tracks, or archiving multiple working tracks.
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<p>When choosing this, Audacity will Export the selection from <i><b>all</b></i> selected tracks even if some if those tracks are grayed-out by use of the <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks">Mute</a></span> or <span class="button"><a href="audio_tracks.html#panel" title="Audio Tracks">Solo</a></span> buttons in the tracks and are inaudible on playback.
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<li>IF you last used Multiple Files AND you have a label track with at least one label THEN Multiple Files will be offered, ELSE Entire Project will be offered.</li></ul>
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<p>If this is unchecked <i>(default setting)</i> when exporting audio any leading blank space offset in the tracks or project to be exported is treated as silence and appropriate leading silence will pad the exported audio.
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<p>By default, multiple stereo tracks are mixed down to a single stereo file on Export.
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</p><p>Also by default, multiple mono tracks are mixed down to a mono file, but if you <a href="audio_tracks.html#pan" title="Audio Tracks">pan</a> any mono tracks to left or right or if there are any stereo tracks among the tracks to be exported, the tracks are mixed to a stereo file.
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</p><p>Use this dialog to export multi-channel (surround sound) files or to make customized assignments between Audacity tracks and the channels in the exported file.
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<p>You may abort the export process without writing the file by pressing the <span class="button">Cancel</span> button in the Export Audio dialog. If you Cancel, any changes you made to the "Save in:" directory or file type will <i><b>not</b></i> be preserved for next time you export.
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<p>The colored progress bar is a visual indicator of how much of the file has been written. The Elapsed Time and Remaining Time are estimates and may change as the export progresses.
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<p>Clicking the:
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<p>The first time you make an export the following dialog will appear.
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<dl><dd><span title="Dialog for How would you like to Export, Cloud or your computer"><img alt="Export to Cloud or computer.png" src="../m/images/9/9d/export_to_cloud_or_computer.png" width="842" height="587" /></span></dd></dl>
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<td align="left" valign="top">If you check on the checkbox for "Don't show again" Audacity will remember your previous choice and not show this dialog the next tome you export an audio file.
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<p>If you want to turn this back on again this can be done in <a href="cloud_preferences.html" title="Cloud Preferences"><b>Cloud Preferences</b></a>.
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<p>Exporting to Muse's audio.com cloud is exactly the same as using the <a href="share_audio_toolbar.html" title="Share Audio Toolbar"><b>Share Audio</b></a> button in Audacity.
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<div class="note">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/sharing-audio-online"><b>Sharing audio online</b></a> om Muse's Support site for more details. </div>
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