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RobRAFI
RobRAFI
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December 12, 2019
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Multitrack Export File Length Too Long

  • December 12, 2019
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Hey all!

So I am exporting a client's voice work, and they have a 2 hour session. I am seperating each line into their own tracks, and muting the original session on the first track. When I go to do a multitrack export as a test, the voice clips I am exporting that should only be 10 seconds end up being 2 hours long.

I have checked in Mixdown Options that Master is unchecked, and only the tracks I want to export are selected. I know there is nothing else on the timeline of these individual tracks, as I am seperating and dragging the voice clips to different tracks. Not copying/pasting. Yet each time I am getting 10 seconds of dialogue, followed by 2 hours of silence. I only started experiencing this problem when I switched for CS6 to the recent version of CC, and am not sure what else to do. Thank you in advance for your help.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
Community Expert
December 12, 2019

I can't say that I'm that surprised - the session is two hours long, and you've made no limited time selection for your export. Fortunately the solution is gloriously simple: Highlight just the time selection you want, and go to Multitrack>Mixdown Selection to a New File>Time Selection and you will get an export of just that selection.

RobRAFI
RobRAFIAuthor
Participant
December 12, 2019

Thanks for answering so quickly.

It never did that on CS6. If Track 1 was 60 seconds and Track 2 was 10 seconds, when I would do a mixdown the lengths were always 60 seconds and 10 seconds respectively. Now it seems if Track 1 is 60 seconds, and Track 2 is 10 seconds, both tracks will export as 60 seconds regardless. That seems a bit odd, and I'm not sure if something changed when I upgraded. That's why this is so confusing to me on CC, because I think I'm doing something wrong.

The method you suggested, though, kind of defeats the purpose of doing a multitrack export. That would mean I would have to do that for every single line of dialogue, and there are way too many to do it that way. Is there no other way to to a batch export and keep every Track its respective length?

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