# Nuendo 15 Export Time

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617>\
**Category:** Nuendo\
**Created:** [October 30, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617 "2026-10-30T07:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tanel](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/tanel)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617/1 "2026-10-30T07:17:47Z")

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Hi,

When exporting one hour of audio from an empty project  
containing a single stereo track (44.1 kHz / 16-bit),  
the process takes approximately 17 seconds in Nuendo 14 and Cubase 15,  
but around 6 minutes in Nuendo 15 (was in 15.0.30, is in 15.0.40).

Am I doing something wrong, or is there something I am missing?

**System specifications:**

Stock Lenovo P360  
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-12700K (3.60 GHz)  
Installed RAM: 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)

Best regards,  
Tanel

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**Author:** ![jmtapadas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/jmtapadas/32/203758_2.png) [@jmtapadas](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/jmtapadas)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617/2 "2026-10-30T08:16:18Z")

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Are you using the same buffer size?

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**Author:** ![tanel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tanel](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/tanel)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617/3 "2026-10-30T09:42:39Z")

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Yes.

Same PC, same RME ASIO driver, as far as I can tell same settings in all programs and versions.

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**Author:** ![jmtapadas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/jmtapadas/32/203758_2.png) [@jmtapadas](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/jmtapadas)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617/4 "2026-10-30T11:50:15Z")

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I was asking because buffer size does change export time (the lower buffer the longer export), so you could just be missing it, but no… Can’t help you more, I’m still in N14, and up until this version I never noticed any difference in export times.

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**Author:** ![ManChicken](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/manchicken/32/105_2.png) [@ManChicken](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/ManChicken)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/nuendo-15-export-time/1044617/5 "2026-10-30T17:36:19Z")

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Hmm. I just tried exporting 1 hour of nothingness in Nuendo 13, 14 and 15 and Cubase 15 and all of them took pretty much the same time, ~35 seconds (and my machine is rendering 3D animation in the background)