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⁠7.6. Mastering a Session

To be a true master at mastering sessions requires years of experience and careful optimization for the target format. Knowing just the right equalization and filtering settings to apply is an art in itself, worth a full user guide. This section is concerned with getting the audio out of a session, to a useful format.

⁠7.6.1. Ways to Export Audio

There are three ways to export audio from an Ardour session:
  1. by region,
  2. by range, or
  3. by session.
To export a region:
  1. Ensure the region is placed in the canvas area.
  2. Right-click on the region.
  3. Select the region-name's menu, then 'Export'.
  4. Continue with the Export window.
To export all audio in a range on the timeline:
  1. Select the range with the "Select/Move Ranges" tool. Regardless of which track you select, all tracks can be exported.
  2. Right-click on the range.
  3. Select 'Export' from the menu.
  4. Continue with the Export window.
To export all audio in a session:
  1. From the menu, select 'Session > Export > Export > Export session to audiofile', or on the keyboard, press 'Ctrl + Alt + e'
  2. Continue with the Export window.