Audio Mix Down Export: Notification Sound after done

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HI,
Sometimes mixdown export can take long, often doing cycle export for 10 mastering tracks, or few arrangements… And that can take 20-30 minutes

Wouldn’t be cool if we have some kind of notification sound when it finishes exporting? Like some door bell or deep darth vader voice “YOUR EXPORT IS DONE MY LORD” often I start doing something else while exporting and leave it long after it finish :slight_smile:

Hmm?

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WOW! No reply…? And this is an excellent suggestion. I used Cubase & FL Studio. The latter has a notification sound for exports. Would be great if Cubase had one too.

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Here I made an app for Windows that will play horn sound when audio export is done, here and on another studio computer works

Cubase Render Audio Notification.zip (910.7 KB)

Hope you find this useful :slight_smile:

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Oooh! This is amazing! :heart_eyes: Thanks for that :beers:

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Thank you!!!

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Alternatively to the little program from User131231 you can also use a little script in order to play back a file of your choice.

In this example we are on Windows and will use the installed VLC to play back the file “Play.wav” on the system partition (C:\)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AudioExportPostProcess>
	<Description>
		<en>Play sound when finished</en>
	</Description>
	<Icon></Icon>
	<Executable>
		<Path>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe</Path>
		<Argument>C:\Play.wav</Argument>
	</Executable>
	<RunOnce>true</RunOnce>
	<WaitDone>false</WaitDone>
</AudioExportPostProcess>

Copy the code into a text file. Give the file the name “Play sound.aepp”. The .aepp ending is important.
Place the file into the Audio Export Post Process Scripts folder. On Windows it is here:
C:\ProgramData\Steinberg\Audio Export Post Process Scripts

From now on you can select it as the “After Export” item:

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Don’t forget to copy your favourite sound file to C:\ and name it Play.wav

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I wonder what kind of sounds/messages people will pick to salute their succesful mixdowns. This will for sure reveal a lot about the user. Any suggestions?

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(Misfire on the reply)
“It’s all mixed up?” Ben Orr :smiley:

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Yes, that’s a match!

If your mix just doesn’t sound right: “Oops, I did it Again” by Britney Spears.

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Any chance you create that app for Mac as well? :folded_hands:t4: