Meld Project To Audio File Settings

Menu Command: File | Meld Project To Audio File

Combines all audio sections into a single audio file. After entering a filename and selecting the audio type to use, the following audio settings are presented.

Project range
Sets the amount of the project to meld to the file.
Entire project
The entire project is melded to the file
Selected sections
Only the selected sections are melded to the file
Up to edit marker
The beginning of the project up to the current position of the edit marker is melded to the file. Set the edit marker before melding.
From the edit marker
The end of the project starting at the current position of the edit marker is melded to the file. Set the edit marker before melding.
Quick presets
Provides a drop-down list of commonly used settings and sets the rate, channel, and bitrate filters to match. This considerably narrows down the number of items in the audio attributes list below. Some file types support a very limited combination of attributes, so some presets may not list any compatible attributes. You'll need to select a different preset or select the "Custom..." preset and then use the rate, channel, and bitrate filters below to find compatible attributes.
Audio attributes
Lists combinations of attributes supported by file type selected when entering the filename. Just above the list are three drop-down list boxes for filtering the attributes based on sampling rate, the number of channels, and the bitrate. If you require a certain sampling rate, number of channels, or bitrate, select those settings from the drop-down list boxes first, then select the attributes from the list.
Sampling rate
Sets the sampling rate for certain attributes that support any sampling rate.

The bitrate controls the quality and size of the file. The higher the bitrate, the better the quality, but the more storage/bandwidth required. Simply multiple the bitrate number by 8 to determine the number of number of kilobytes of storage required for each second of audio. When using an uncompressed or lossless file type, such as Wave or FLAC, the bitrate setting is ignored.

A sampling rate of 96000 Hz should not be used unless audio files in the project are of the same high quality. Melding with a higher bitrate or sampling rate than the original audio files does not improve quality and only wastes storage space and bandwidth.