21.1 Introduction
There are three main tools available to you for taking your finished projects or tracks out of REAPER, for example for final distribution or for further processing elsewhere.
Kind: concept (user-guide-section) Chapter: 21 Exporting Files, Mixing Down and Rendering Source: REAPER User Guide v7.70
There are three main tools available to you for taking your finished projects or tracks out of REAPER, for example for final distribution or for further processing elsewhere. These are:
- Consolidate Tracks: this outputs tracks pre-processing (ignoring for example track FX and panning). Use this, for example, if you are supplying files to be mixed/mastered by someone else.
- Render to File: this outputs your material post-processing (including for example all FX and panning). Use this to produce a final mix of your songs ready for distribution.
- Batch File/Item Converter: this takes a list of files at any stage in your project and converts them all to another format – e.g., to convert audio to MP3 for web distribution, or SFX for games to 22 kHz mono.
Both the Render to File and Batch Converter dialogs offer you the opportunity to make use of wildcards in your specifications and metadata in your output. The Consolidate Tracks dialog also allows the use of wildcards.