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3 In the Export Selected dialog, set the file type,
format, bit resolution, and sample rate. In addi-
tion, specify the Conversion Quality, and
choose the destination directory.
When you export regions to a lower bit depth,
Dither (with or without Noise Shaping) is ap-
plied as shown in Table 13.
The Dither setting used for any conversion is the
Digidesign Dither plug-in (with or without
Noise Shaping enabled, as noted in Table 13).
4 Select an option for how Pro Tools should re-
solve 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.
5 Once the Export Options are configured, click
Export to export the new audio files.
Exporting Stereo or Multichannel
Interleaved Files
You can use the Export Regions as Files com-
mand to export audio regions to stereo or mul-
tichannel interleaved files for use in other appli-
cations. (Pro Tools cannot use interleaved files
directly in the timeline—these must be con-
verted into multi-mono files.) For example, for
this to work with a stereo file, the selected re-
Export Selected dialog
Table 13. Dither and Noise Shaping with Export
Selected dialog
Bit Depth Dither
Noise
Shaping
24-bit to 24-bit No No
16-bit to 24-bit No No
24-bit to 16-bit Yes Yes
16-bit to 16-bit No No
24-bit to 8-bit Yes No
16-bit to 8-bit Yes No
For more information about using Dither,
see “Dither” on page 660.
Table 13. Dither and Noise Shaping with Export
Selected dialog
Bit Depth Dither
Noise
Shaping
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