Batch Export incl. Routing & FX - Why is it still missing in C9.5?

[BenjaminWynn]

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[Reflection]

@musicproducerunik

Hey Guys,

as a producer / mixing engineer i need to export multitrack stems for Mastering / Performance Versions etc on a daily basis and i wonder, why Steinberg hasn’t implemented a Batch Export function including all Routings and Send FX.

I’ll give you an example:

After Mixing a record i end up having final Busses/Groups like:

VOX LEAD VERSE (uses Send FX like HALL / DELAY / etc - routed to “VOXBUS”, same for all other VOX BUSSES and VOX SENDS)
VOX LEAD HOOK
VOX BV VERSE
VOX BV HOOK
VOXBUS ALL (might have some FX inserted too)
INSTRUMENTBUS
DRUMBUS
BASSBUS

Sometimes i’ll even have an eq or compression or whatever on the Master Bus.
If batch Export “DRUMBUS” or “BASSBUS” which don’t use any Send FX i’m fine, as long as i don’t use any FX on the Masterbus.

So in order for me to Bounce the above Stems INCL. all Sends and Routing FX (Master etc) seperately i need to solo each track and export it.
Why, and i’m asking this seriously, hasn’t anybody mentioned that this is one of the most time saving functions in modern DAWS?
I have to Solo each Bus, name the File correctly and then export the STEREO OUT. This makes no sense to me.
I know all workarounds but naming files, clicking Solo and export for every single Bus/Group is just dreadful.

Here’s a workaround i found for SEND FX

MEAP - Multi Export Audio Pro application for Windows

But what about Routings?

Thanks for reading this long A Thread

best

nik

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I hear you and totaly agree with you.

It is abit silly the whole thing actualy.

There are some big issues with how this works.

Cubase have two mixers. Thats vst mixer wich is where most of us do all oure work. And then it is the mixer. Wich some of us use more actively then others.

But first thing that is wrong with this channel batch export, is the fact that you cant just select to ignor the mixer and just export from the vst mixer.

Second thing is that you cant select the channel export to give each channel a uniqe number infront of the name.

Third thing is that if you like me, do use the mixer outputs insted of selecting tracks from the vst mixer. You are even forced to have the mixer channels names be used instead of the names you have given the tracks in the vst mixer.

This stuff just makes the whole channel batch export a huge manual edit workflow.

But anyways this is the only workaround I know of.

I have 32 outputs, wich is setup to be 26 mono outputs or 16 stereo outputs. Wich I can mix and match. Depending on how many outputs you have, You can channel batch export in bulks.

At the start of the project, make shure to take use of the track send option. Here you can set up a alternative output for the tracks. Wich is just a klick away when you want to export.

So when you are ready for the export, just enable the alternative mixer outputs you have setup as sends and choose the mixer outputs you have routed the sends too, instead of the vst mixer channels, wich are forced to go through what ever channel you have routed/selected as “main out” on the mixer.

Now you can have mono channels for your mono tracks and stereo channels for your stereo tracks. It just takes a bit of outputs setup in the routing menu. Only downside now, is that if you dont have that many outputs, you will need to export in bulks with what you have, so you dont mix channels from the vst mixer. On the other hand if you want to mix say fx tracks in to source tracks, you can do this with ease now. You will have to edit the names on the exported channels. But that is a 3-5 min job on 30 tracks, in the file explorer. Doing solo and track by track is way more time consuming. Atleast for me it is.

Maby worth a try. If you havent tested out that workflow and have some channel sends to spare.

[Doctor_Lupo]

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I used MEAP until I moved to Mac - it worked really well.