Exporting a Clip as a New Audio File

You can export clips as audio files with the Export Clips as Files command. Use this command if you intend to use a clip in other sessions (or other audio applications) without using its parent source file.

This command also provides a way to convert clips to a different audio format, sample rate, or bit depth.

To export clips as new audio files:

1 In the Clip List, select the clips you want to export.

Warped clips (Elastic Audio) will be exported unwarped at their original duration.

2 From the Clip List menu, choose Export Clips as Files.

 

Export Selected dialog

3 In the Export Selected dialog, set the File Type, Format, Bit Depth, and Sample Rate. In addition, specify the Conversion Quality, and choose the Destination Directory.

When you export clips to a lower bit depth, Dither (with or without Noise Shaping) is applied as shown in the following table.

 

Dither and Noise Shaping with Export Selected dialog

Bit Depth	Dither	Noise Shaping
32-bit float to 32-bit float	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 24-bit	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 16-bit	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 8-bit	Yes	No
24-bit to 32-bit float	No	No
24-bit to 24-bit	No	No
24-bit to 16-bit	Yes	Yes
24-bit to 8-bit	Yes	No
16-bit to 32-bit float	No	No
16-bit to 24-bit	No	No
16-bit to 16-bit	No	No
16-bit to 8-bit	Yes	No

The Dither used for any conversion is the Avid Dither plug-in (with or without Noise Shaping enabled.

For more information about using Dither, see Dither.

4 If you are exporting to an 8-bit file, enable the Use Squeezer option. This optimizes the dynamics of the exported audio by preprocessing it using compression, limiting, and gating before conversion to 8-bit resolution (for more information, see Use Squeezer).

5 To share with SoundCloud, select the Share with SoundCloud option (see Share with SoundCloud).

6 Select an option for how Pro Tools should resolve duplicate file names.

Prompting for Each Duplicate

Prompts you for a file name for any file that has the same name as a file in your destination directory.

Auto Renaming

Automatically changes the name of any duplicate file by adding a number at the end of the file name (such as file_01).

Replacing with New Files

Replaces files with the same name with the new files.

7 Click Export to export the new audio files.