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2015/07/26 14:55:54 (permalink)

[Solved] Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs

Can someone please help me out with the correct procedure for exporting an audio project in Sonar Platinum. Every time I export a project the audio file is far longer than the song is. I end up with 2 minutes or so of silence at the end of the song. OR my export will only have 1 of the recorded tracks from the entire song.
 
I have tried these before exporting:
 
1) Go to: Edit - Preferences - Select All. This highlights the time line 30 bars or so past the last track of recording. This results in the song having 2 minutes or so of silence at the end of it.
 
2) Go to: Edit - Preferences - Select None. This ends up exporting only 1 track out of the multi track recording.
 
Please help because I am exportedly frustrated.
 
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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 14:58:56 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Zargg71 2015/07/26 15:45:30
I usually do a select all to catch all tracks, and then click-drag along the timeline to get the region I want to export.
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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 15:00:31 (permalink)
Click-drag on the timeline to select the time range you want.
Then make sure to select all the tracks (click-drag on the track numbers)...

Now perform the file export and it will include the time/tracks you selected...

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 15:08:08 (permalink)
There's probably an automation node or something else out there. The suggestions above all work. The other is to select all, drag in the timeline from the "real" end of the song past the current end of the song, and select everything you can select in Cut Special and then cut.

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 15:47:12 (permalink)
Thanks guys for your help guys. 
Craig, I believe there might have been a nod somewhere as well but visually I couldn't find it.
 
Cheers,
 
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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 16:16:33 (permalink)
Are you exporting to MP3 format?  If so, are you using the variable bit option?  There was an issue with VBR MP3's.  I thought that it was fixed in a recent release, but I could be mistaken.
 
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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/26 18:03:06 (permalink)
Glen, I was exporting in Wave and MP3 formats. The issue was what Craig described. A node or something was probably showing up somewhere past the end of my recordings.
Got it figured out now though.
 
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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/27 12:56:17 (permalink)
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There's probably an automation node or something else out there.



People keep saying this... but I've had this bug with more versions of Sonar than I can count, many of which I've never used automation on at all. I've opened up everything I can think of, such as the event list, the tempo view, the markers, but there's nothing out there. Sonar just isn't very good at knowing where the end of a project is.

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/27 13:53:21 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Makzimia 2015/07/27 16:29:31
I dunno, I've always found some kind of event. Sometimes it's in the buses, not the tracks...if you select All for the tracks, it won't select all for the buses, and vice-versa. Sometimes it's rogue VST automation. However, I never rule out poltergeists as an alternative explanation...

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/27 13:58:47 (permalink)
This is why I can never skip the final mixdown step. Even if something goes awry is often quick to fix.

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/27 16:23:42 (permalink)
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However, I never rule out poltergeists as an alternative explanation...


I found this to be the case in some of my projects. Still do not have any proof...

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Re: Sonar Audio Exports Are Far Longer Than The Songs 2015/07/27 16:44:23 (permalink)
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However, I never rule out poltergeists as an alternative explanation...


I found this to be the case in some of my projects. Still do not have any proof...




It's not just that the automation nodes are out there. The truth is out there. 
 
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