Export Settings and Mastering bus

Export settings will vary depending on why I'm exporting.
 
For CD burning it will be 44.1KHz, 16bit with Dithering
For Album compilation I use 24bit, 44.1ZHz with no dithering (64 bit engine engaged on both exports)
 
I only ever export as a wav - I need to listen to it before I convert to something like mp3 (rarely these days)
Then if I DO want an mp3, I'll use my bounced wav as the source
 
I master inside Sonar, predominately though several T-Racks singles. In fact my mastering chain is built in on every project - I compose, arrange & mix right into the chain so I know exactly how it will sound.
 
This method is probably frowned upon by many, but it works for me.

Hi. I do it the way Bristol_Jonesey does it.
If I do any "mastering", it is with a very small "m"(). I use SONAR plugins for the most part. 
All the best.

koikane
Are you putting the export setting at master bus or entire mix? What is the difference?

For me, I always use Main Outs.
 
There is a danger by choosing Entire mix and you have more than one pair of outputs routed into your interface (I do for running headphone mixes). for each pair you add, you will get a 6dB increase in level as Sonar will be, quite rightly, treat each pair as part of the Entire Mix
 
Using Main Outs overcomes this

Depends.
 
See post #2

No difference - just terminology