lining up exported files

im trying to export files when they get received they don't line up. the person i'm sending them to is using pro tools, should that make a difference? i could be doing something wrong can someone tell me HOW they export files, this is the first time i've done this 

What I do is every track will start with a ( click) count in. I leave measure 1 blank and put it in measure 2. Recording starts on 3 or 4.
Usually I Email a stereo MP3 track to have a percusionist add his parts to. When he records his part he taps along with the count in. He then sends me just the takes he recorded, as WAVE's I don't need the stereo track back. Seems to always line up spot on.
For multi track export it's a little bit more work to add the click after the fact but it can be done. Then the guy with pro tools ( or whatever) just lines them up.

The problem with starting at zero is that there are very few tracks were the music starts at zero. The count of ONE is not at zero. Some parts don't come in until later in the song. When you export one track at a time, this short space will be automatically edited out leaving each track starting in a different place in time. By placing a transient(s) in the same place in each track you now have a reference to the clock at the same point of every track. Leaving a few measures blank gives you room to work. Arm every track and record the transient(s) in one quick smack of the keyboard. Use snap to grid 1/4 notes.

You might be right, I have never figured what that Broadcast Wave  was, makes logical sence don't it now :)  T

The other day I opened a Cakewalk audio folder and dragged and droped all the Audio tracks into Cubase. They were all good to go. But they were from a live multi track recording so there is ambient noise right from the start.

So....are you exporting as Broadcast wavs? What software is your friend using? Does that software have a setting to make sure BCwavs are imported at timestamp?

You need to be organized and tell us what you're doing, otherwise we won't get anywhere trying to give you advice.

You can't use the actual project files, as they have no internal information as to where they start. That information is all contained within the .cwp file, and without it the audio files themselves are almost useless.

What you have to do is export your project to a new series of wave files, which can be standard waves or broadcast waves. In your case, you'll then end up with 12 separate files.

First make sure nothing is selected on the timeline. The easiest way to do that is to rewind to the beginning of the song and press F9 and then F10.

Go to File -> Export -> Audio. Under the "Source Category" choose "Tracks". Select the specific tracks unless you want all of them. If you want to send them dry without any bus effects, un-check the "Bus FX" checkbox. 

Find out in advance what format they want the files to be in. Probably the most universal format would be 24 bits. Stay at the original sample rate unless the person you're sending them to specifically requests a different rate.

joeypinter


im trying to export files when they get received they don't line up. the person i'm sending them to is using pro tools, should that make a difference? i could be doing something wrong can someone tell me HOW they export files, this is the first time i've done this 

If you are exporting individual tracks, where do the clips start? At the beginning of the song or where the audio starts? I get my best results when I slip edit the beginning of a clip to the beginning of the song. That way all the tracks' audio lines up in relation to the beginning of the song.