How To Export Multitracks In Logic Pro

If you’re sending a Logic Pro session off for mixing, the main thing you need is one clearly named audio file per track, exported in a format that will open cleanly and in sync when imported into the mix engineer's DAW.

Before exporting, make sure you have properly prepared your multitracks for mixing. If you need help with that first, read Preparing Your Multitracks For Mixing.

Table of Contents

  1. How To Export Your Multitracks

  2. What To Check Before Sending

  3. Upload Your Multitracks

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How To Export Your Multitracks

1. Open the export window

Go to: File > Export > All Tracks as Audio Files

2. Choose your file format

Set Save Format to WAV or AIFF.

Either is fine for sending multitracks to a mix engineer.

3. Choose your bit depth

Select 24-bit, unless you explicitly recorded at, or only used samples that are 16-bit. If you are unsure, pick 24-bit.

4. Leave the sample rate at the project’s native setting

This is usually 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, but it can be other rates too, such as 96 kHz or even 192 kHz. The important thing is simply to export at whatever sample rate the project is already set to.

5. Decide whether to bypass insert plug-ins

If you want the exported tracks to come out without the insert processing on each source track, turn on Bypass Effect Plug-ins.

If the processing on a track is part of the actual sound, leave it off.

If you are not sure what should stay on and what should come off before export, read Should I Leave Effects On When Exporting Multitracks?

6. Include tails if needed

Turn on Include Audio Tail if any of the tracks need their reverb tail, delay tail, release tail or other natural ring-out to carry through properly.

7. Leave volume and pan automation off in most cases

For most mix exports, leave Include Volume/Pan Automation off.

That keeps the files more flexible once they are imported into another DAW.

8. Turn normalization off

Set Normalize to Off.

9. Choose a clear filename pattern

Use a filename pattern that makes the exported files easy to read.

Something like track number plus track name is usually a sensible choice.

10. Choose where to save the exported files

Pick a folder location you can easily find again, then click Save.

What To Check Before Sending

Once Logic has exported the files, open the folder and give it a quick check.

Make sure:

  • The expected tracks are all there

  • The file names are clear

  • Nothing has been cut off

  • Any tails you needed have been included

If you are sending the tracks to a mix engineer, it is also a good idea to include a rough mix alongside the exported files.

Upload Your Multitracks

Once you have finished your export, you can upload your multitracks on my file upload page and I’ll have a listen and get back to you with the next steps.

If you have any questions at all, feel free to send me a message via the contact page.