- Put a send on the Master bus to an aux track, and arm the track to record.
- Loop the range you want to record.
- Start recording in Comp or Sound on Sound mode, and record three takes.
- Open the project audio folder, and you'll find a single audio file that's three iterations long though it's represented as three separate takes/clips in the project.
 
 
 

Anderton
I'm still not sure I understand, but would like to help if possible. Based on your saying "I want to render bars 16 to 32 as it comes out the master channel, but it needs to be repeated 3 times," I interpret "render" as meaning you want to create an exported file. Although there are no real "language police" for audio, the usual definition of render is to mix edits "into a final, single continuous clip that can be shared, burned, uploaded or archived. Rendering is generally synonymous with compiling, saving, or exporting a file." So maybe the reason for the miscommunication is that this is not what you mean by render?

I'd like to create a WAV file that I can email, as it comes out the master channel with all effects applied...

brundlefly
- Put a send on the Master bus to an aux track, and arm the track to record.
- Loop the range you want to record.
- Start recording in Comp or Sound on Sound mode, and record three takes.
- Open the project audio folder, and you'll find a single audio file that's three iterations long though it's represented as three separate takes/clips in the project.

What is Comp and Sound on Sound mode?

Two of three record modes accessed by right-clicking the record button in the transport module. Either will work for this. You just don't want Overwrite.

I guess it would be kinda cool to have this as an option in the dialog, though, i.e Export Entire Mix, repeat 3 times. 

How about "render with loop region repeated N times"?

John Joseph [Cakewalk]
I guess it would be kinda cool to have this as an option in the dialog, though, i.e Export Entire Mix, repeat 3 times. 

My $.02:
 
I can't remember ever seeing another request for this capability, and it's so easy to bounce the Master to a track and copy-paste or roll out multiple iterations by Groove-Clip looping that I can't see taking the time to develop a dedicated export option.
 
Also, I think most users would want to have more options to allow iterating only the middle section between intro and outro, fading the outro, etc. Without these options, I don't think the feature would be very useful.
 
I make up preliminary arrangements like this with some regularity when I want to share an unfinished piece; it's really not that big a deal to do this using a combination of existing bounce, copy-paste and groove-clip functionality. Then just Archive the arrangement track, and keep working on the 'living' project.

Another approach ...
 
Create an aux track by inserting a new audio track and setting the input to a new patchpoint
Set the output of the new track to NONE
Create a new send on Master to the new patchpoint
Set punch in/out markers for the region you want to capture
Rec arm the new track and enable input echo
Press the transport REC button
 
The project will play back with the region bound by punch markers being recorded to the aux track.  Stop recording, unarm the new track, disable input echo and do whatever you wish with the new clip; make it a groove clip and stretch it out however many iterations you like.
 
It's not as complicated as it looks/reads
 

BobF
do whatever you wish with the new clip; make it a groove clip and stretch it out however many iterations you like.

This is the step the OP is specifically trying to avoid. If that step is acceptable, there are dozens of ways to skin this cat. Personally I would just bounce the Master bus to a new track, copy-paste the iterations, and export it. Done.

I've tried THIS ->> but I have no idea how to set it up. I cant get the sound to go to the AUX.  It does not use the SEND when I tell it to create a new AUX with the + sign on the send panel
 

brundlefly
- Put a send on the Master bus to an aux track, and arm the track to record.
- Loop the range you want to record.
- Start recording in Comp or Sound on Sound mode, and record three takes.
- Open the project audio folder, and you'll find a single audio file that's three iterations long though it's represented as three separate takes/clips in the project.

 
And all the other methods are completely over my head.  The last time I used SONAR was SONAR X1.  I'm seriously frustrated!!!!!!!!