How to export and publish songs

Export your full songs, tracks, or clips from Soundation as audio, MIDI, or project files. You can also publish your songs directly to our community.

Export audio mix

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Click on the Export icon from the sidebar on the right-hand side of the studio
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Select the preferred file format
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Your song will be processed and you can save it to your computer

The file formats you can choose from are:

LO-RES MP3 (192kbs)
HIGH-RES MP3 (320kbs)
WAV (16-bit)

Export clips and channels

If you want to export your creations to use in different applications, you may want to export the individual clips or channels. You can export clips and channels as both audio and MIDI files.

Export clips

Exporting clips lets you save each region as a separate file. You can save any clip as an audio file (WAV) but instrument and beatmaker clips can also be saved as MIDI files.

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Select one or more clips and right-click
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Select “Export clip as WAV” or “Export MIDI file” from the menu
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Save the file(s) to your computer

Export channels

Exporting a channel consolidates all clips on that channel and lets you save it as a single file. You can save any channel as an audio file (WAV) but instrument and beatmaker channels can also be saved as MIDI files.

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Right-click on a channel
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Select “Export channel as WAV” or “Export channel as MIDI” from the menu
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Save the file to your computer

MIDI files

Exporting MIDI files allows you to transfer material from Soundation to virtually any MIDI sequencer or application on any platform. The exported MIDI file contains the notes and includes other information like velocity, time signature, and tempo. That means when you import the MIDI file to another DAW, you can pick up right where you left off in the jam session. Something to keep in mind is If the MIDI clips are empty or contain notes with 0 velocity or notes that are longer than the region, they will not be transferred.

Export project file

A studio project, or .sng file, is a file that contains all the audio files, instruments, effects and automation used in a song. You can export your song as a studio project and share it or keep a backup on your computer. If your song has imported or recorded audio, it will be a .sngz file that contains your custom audio files and the original .sng file. The file name is short for “song zip” and can be unpacked with any unzip program to find the custom audio files added to the song.

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Click on the Export icon from the sidebar on the right-hand side of the studio
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Select “Export .sng file” to download the data file of the song arrangement

Publish track to the community

Get your music out to the world, grow your fanbase and build an audience. It all starts with publishing the music on your profile.

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Open the song in Soundation.
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Click on the Export icon from the sidebar on the right-hand side of the studio.
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Click on “Publish track” or simply use the ctrl/cmd + P shortcut.
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Choose if you want to normalize the track, the volume will then be automatically adjusted to be as loud as possible.
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Click Publish.

The system will begin processing your song then a pop-up will prompt you to “Edit track info”. Your track page opens and you can add a title, description, picture, and genre category, if you want it visible, allow comments, and if you would like listeners to be able to download your track. Remember to hit “Save” to activate the settings.