Exporting soundbite selection of many soundfiles

[Tripp]

I recorded the band live over the weekend. So, I have 3 sequences of 8 tracks (only have a single ultralite) that are about 45 minutes long.

I want to export the unmixed 8 tracks to .wav files of a single song so I can ship them to someone else. The way I did it was to open each soundfile individually and manually make a selection for the length of the song to "make new soundfile from selection." After I did that for each soundfile, I selected the newly created soundfiles and converted to 48k and then exported as .wav.

It was a pain to make the exact same selection for each soundfile. I opened each soundfile, expanded the window so that I could select the soundbites snapped to the nearest beat. Is there a better (quicker) way? A saved selection or similar? I was hoping I could make a selection in the track window and then use that selection to select the soundbites in the soundfile but that didn't work.

I'm using DP 5.13 but I've just ordered DP7, it's just not here until Tuesday.

Thanks!

[martian]

merge?

[Tripp]

merge?

I've never used merge before. I still want each individual track as a .wav file. Will merge do this?

[zaratero]

Paste an empty soundbite at the beginning, or beginning of selection, of each track which is empty at the start, that way all the tracks have soundbites with the same start time. Now you can merge all tracks. Select all, or from selection start, and merge soundbites. You´ll get a soundbite for each track. Select them and reveal them in the Finder (ALT_R), copy to a new folder, post.
Hope that helped.

[Tripp]

Paste an empty soundbite at the beginning, or beginning of selection, of each track which is empty at the start, that way all the tracks have soundbites with the same start time. Now you can merge all tracks. Select all, or from selection start, and merge soundbites. You´ll get a soundbite for each track. Select them and reveal them in the Finder (ALT_R), copy to a new folder, post.
Hope that helped.

Thanks! I *think* I follow what you're saying. I'll give it a shot tonight when I get home.

[NazRat]

I did this once a while back and if I understand you correctly, I made the selections in the timeline which will make the same time selection across all audio tracks. Then I used Trim (command-U) to isolate the song. Then export those soundbites that are generated. It's probably easier to convert the project sample rate and file format before. Undo is your friend before the next selection/export.

[Tripp]

I did this once a while back and if I understand you correctly, I made the selections in the timeline which will make the same time selection across all audio tracks. Then I used Trim (command-U) to isolate the song. Then export those soundbites that are generated. It's probably easier to convert the project sample rate and file format before. Undo is your friend before the next selection/export.

That sounds like a good idea too. I'm assuming that this won't apply any of the mixer parameters (levels, effects, etc....) right? Because I don't want anything from the mixer in the wav files.

[zaratero]

Merged soundbites would not include any mixing processing of course.
If you want to change sampling freq or bit depth, I´d follow these steps.
Same as before, but instead of drag´n´dropping from the finder, I´d look for them in the soundbite window and export them all together via minimenu to a new folder. You can reveal selected bites in the soundbite window one by one using CTR_ALT_CMMD_L. I don´t know a way of revealing multiple soundbites at once.
If they are so numerous this would make it slow, my workaround is to create new tracks with consecutive names (CONS_1,CONS_2...) copy all the content into them, and then do the merge, resulting in bites named after your tracks that will be listed together, select all, then drag´n´drop from finder or export from soundbite window. You can now simply delete those tracks.

[NazRat]

That sounds like a good idea too. I'm assuming that this won't apply any of the mixer parameters (levels, effects, etc....) right? Because I don't want anything from the mixer in the wav files.

Correct - no automation or plugs.

[Tim]

Select them and reveal them in the Finder (ALT_R), copy to a new folder, post.

That's what I do, however if wav files are needed, this won't work in 5.13 (SDII only). They'll need to be exported as wav from the soundbites window. If they are all merged at the same time they'll be easy to find (all together) in the soundbites window, if viewing in order of Time Created.

[zaratero]

If you want to change sampling freq or bit depth, I´d follow these steps.
Same as before, but instead of drag´n´dropping from the finder, I´d look for them in the soundbite window and export them all together via minimenu to a new folder. You can reveal selected bites in the soundbite window one by one using CTR_ALT_CMMD_L. I don´t know a way of revealing multiple soundbites at once.
If they are so numerous this would make it slow, my workaround is to create new tracks with consecutive names (CONS_1,CONS_2...) copy all the content into them, and then do the merge, resulting in bites named after your tracks that will be listed together, select all, then drag´n´drop from finder or export from soundbite window. You can now simply delete those tracks.

That's what I do, however if wav files are needed, this won't work in 5.13 (SDII only). They'll need to be exported as wav from the soundbites window. If they are all merged at the same time they'll be easy to find (all together) in the soundbites window, if viewing in order of Time Created.

Much faster than my workaround if you don´t need to rename the files... I so easiliy forget about Time Created order....

[Tim]

Whoops... I didn't read your second post. Kinda made mine redundant. Delete it for me, would ya?

It would be soooooo cool if whatever soundbites were selected in the Tracks or Seq window would at the same time be selected in the soundbites window (like with Pro Tools).
Could that be so hard to code into the app?

and while I'm at it:
let me click on a track name in the Mix window to select that dang track(s), for cryin' out loud!

[kassonica]

It would be soooooo cool if whatever soundbites were selected in the Tracks or Seq window would at the same time be selected in the soundbites window (like with Pro Tools).
Could that be so hard to code into the app?

and while I'm at it:
let me click on a track name in the Mix window to select that dang track(s), for cryin' out loud!

Indeed I've wanted that for a long time.....

[zaratero]

It would be soooooo cool if whatever soundbites were selected in the Tracks or Seq window would at the same time be selected in the soundbites window (like with Pro Tools).
Could that be so hard to code into the app?

and while I'm at it:
let me click on a track name in the Mix window to select that dang track(s), for cryin' out loud!

+2 here

[Dwetmaster]

Paste an empty soundbite at the beginning, or beginning of selection, of each track which is empty at the start, that way all the tracks have soundbites with the same start time.

Since DP7, you don't need to paste an empty SB at the beginning. Merge bytes will include any blank time selection as well...