When your mix is ready, export it to a standard audio file you can share, stream, or master further. Open the export dialog from ☰ ▸ Export….
Export is offline — AnalogDAW renders the mix faster (or slower) than real time through the full mixer, inserts, automation, and master chain, so the result is bit-for-bit what you hear, not a live capture. Playback and editing pause while it renders; you can Cancel at any time.
Pick a mode at the top of the export dialog:
| Mode | Renders… |
|---|---|
| Mix | The whole session as one stereo file, start to finish. |
| Loop Region | Just the loop region, played through once. Set the loop first (see The Interface). |
| Markers | The section between two markers you choose. Needs at least two markers. |
| Stems | Every track and mix bus as its own stereo file, in Tracks and Buses folders — for handing a mix to a mastering engineer or another DAW. |
| Format | Best for |
|---|---|
| WAV | Uncompressed, universal — the standard for delivery and archiving. |
| AIFF | Uncompressed, Apple's equivalent of WAV. |
| FLAC | Lossless but compressed (smaller files). Capped at 24-bit. |
| AAC | High-quality compressed (256 kbps) — small files for sharing/streaming previews. |
WAV/AIFF/FLAC export at your session's bit depth (Session Settings); FLAC is capped at 24-bit.
Turn on Normalize and pick a target to render your export at a consistent loudness (LUFS) for a platform. The targets are:
Normalize keeps the original render and writes an additional normalized copy with the target in the file name. This is ideal for delivering previews that play back at the "right" level on streaming services. Leave it off when delivering to a mastering engineer, who will set final loudness themselves.
<name>-report sidecar; a stem export gets one Export Report in the stem
folder.When an export finishes, you'll see an "EXPORT SAVED" confirmation in the transport bar.
Unrelated to mixing, but in the same menu: ☰ ▸ Export Diagnostic Bundle…
(also ⌘⌥D on macOS) gathers technical details about your session and system
into a small bundle you can send if you ever need to report a problem. It
omits all audio, full file paths, and plug-in state — but it does include
file names, track names, plug-in names, and session metadata to help diagnose
the issue.
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