Export Multiple

The Export Multiple dialog appears in response to the File > Export Multiple command. This is where you tell Audacity how you want your project exported into multiple audio files.
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Export Format and Location

 * Export format: Choose one of the available export formats from this menu. See Export Formats supported by Audacity for advice on which format to choose.


 * Options... button: Click this button to choose the options for the export format you have chosen. It opens another dialog for making settings like quality or encoding for formats with options. As an example, here are the Options dialogs for the Uncompressed and MP3 formats:


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 * Export location: Shows the location where the files will be exported to.
 * Choose: Opens a standard file-save dialog box where you can choose the location where the files will be exported to.
 * Create: Type a file path in the "Export Location" box then click Create and that directory will be created. If a partial file path is specified that directory will be created in the same folder in which the Audacity application resides. For example, typing "myLP/myTracks" in the Export Location box and then clicking the Create button will create the folder "myLP" in the same directory as the Audacity application, and the folder "myTracks" inside the "myLP" folder. Use this function with caution and only if you know what you are doing - it is possible to create folders in non-standard locations for your operating system. Note that you will receive a "success" message even when you specify an existing file path or directory.
 * After pressing "Export", Metadata Editor (for embedded file information such as artist or genre) will appear for each file to be exported, unless you disable it for the export step in the Import / Export Preferences.
 * Unlike single exports, Export Multiple exports any audio before time zero (as shown by the presence of two arrows at the left edge of the waveform).

Split files based on:

 * Labels: Choose this option if your project consists of one stereo or mono track as well as one label track. Only labels in the uppermost label track are used for export. The label track must contain at least one point or region label thus: - Point labels mark the start of each section of audio you want to make into a separate file -  Region labels span each section of audio you want to make into a separate file.
 * Include audio before first label: Check this option only if you do not have a point label marking the start of the first file, or do not have a region label spanning the first file.
 * First file name: If you have checked "Include audio before first label", this option will be enabled. Type in the name you want to be used for the first exported audio file. If you have imported audio files, this text box contains the name of the first imported file, but you can still change the text.


 * Tracks: Export each track in your project to a separate file. Labels are ignored. As with exporting based on labels, the metadata exported for each file will be the same (except for Track Title and Track Number) unless your Import / Export Preferences are set to show Metadata Editor and you enter the metadata for each file manually. If you want to import and export multiple audio files and preserve each file's tag values automatically, use Chains instead.

Name files:
Examples for numbering before: If you had a label named "Reflection" marking the start of the first file, followed by a label marked "Rejoicing", then the exported files would be "01-Reflection" and "02-Rejoicing". If the labels were empty in the above case, the exported files would be "01-untitled" and "'''02-untitled".
 * Using Label/Track name: Each file will be named exactly as the name of each label if "Split files based on Labels" was selected, or exactly as the name of each track if "Split files based on Tracks" was selected. If any labels are empty, Audacity will name each such file as "untitled" and add a number if necessary to distinguish multiple "untitled" files.
 * Numbering before Label/Track Name: Label or track names are used, but a consecutive two-digit number and a hyphen are prefixed to each file name. The numbering starts from "00-" if you chose "Include audio before first label", or from "01-" if you did not. This is a good choice if you are burning tracks to Audio CD.
 * Numbering after File Name Prefix: Label or track names are ignored. Instead, each file is named using a standard prefix specified in "File Name Prefix" below, followed by a hyphen and a consecutive two-digit number. The numbering starts from "-00" if you chose "Include audio before first label", or from "-01" if you did not.
 * File Name Prefix: The file name prefix to be used when exporting with a standard prefix followed a consecutive number. If you have imported audio files, this text box contains the name of the first imported file, but you can still change the text.

Example for numbering after: If you had labels that marked the start of the second and third files, chose "Include audio before first label" and entered "Remaster" as the prefix, then the exported files would be "Remaster-00", "Remaster-01" and "Remaster-02".

Other Options

 * Overwrite existing files: This item is always on (checked) by default. When checked, any pre-existing files in the chosen export location which have the same name as the file to be exported will be replaced (without prompt) by the new file. If unchecked, any files to be exported which have the same name as pre-existing files in the export location will be renamed with a hyphen and numerical suffix. The pre-existing files are left "as is". The first file which is exported with an identical name is renamed with suffix "-2" and subsequent files exported with that same name are renamed with suffix "-3", "-4" and so on.

Export and Cancel
Clicking the button will export the audio to the file location, name(s) and type you have selected.

Clicking the button will abort the export dialog without exporting any files.

Export progress dialog
Once you have clicked the button Audacity will display a dialog enabling you to monitor the progress of the export:
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The geen bar is a visual indicator of progess. The Elapsed Time and Remaining Time are estimates and may change as the export progresses.

Clicking the stops the export of the current labeled "song" where it is now, leaving the part exported file in place. It then it moves on to start processing the next labeled "song".

Clicking the  stops the export of the current labeled "song" where it is now, leaving the part exported file in situ - and then cancels the rest of the imports, returning to the Export Multiple dialog.

Export results
Once the Exports have completed a status window is displayed showing the results of the exports:
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Click the button to close the Export Multiple and return to the project.

Examples of use of labels with Export Multiple
In the following examples the choices in the dialog would be: "Split files based on: Labels" and "Name files: Using Label/Track name".