[MUSIC] The process to convert what approachable session multi track file is into a MP3, or a wave file is called bouncing. And in order to tell Pro Tools exactly what we want to Bounce, we need to highlight the parts in our timeline to tell it where we want the MP3 to start, and where we want it to end. So, if you activate your multi tool, which you'll remember from your last lesson. That's by clicking this little bar above these three tools here. That will activate the multi tool, which enables you to trim different pieces of audio, and move things around with a hand tool. And do a whole bunch of other functions that we're going to cover later in the lessons. But while you have you multi tool selected, scroll over to the timeline and zoom in your mix as small as possible to be able to see everything in your production. Once you have hit the end of your production, and you know that it doesn't go any further. You going to scroll up to the timeline, and you're going to see an I beam tool appear. All we have to do is click, hold, and drag to select the entire area that you want to bounce to MP3. In this case, I'm selecting the entire song. To convert this into MP3, you want to go to File > Bounce to > Disk. When you choose this option, it's going to come up with a Bounce window. And it has a lot of different options that you can go to. First of all, it's going to ask you your Bounce Source, and usually if you have your interface connected, and everything's coming out of your speakers. This is basically going to take whatever you hear, and make it into an mp3. So most of the time you don't even have to touch that. If you go to the File Type though, it's going to ask you what type of Bounce you want, and a WAV file, like we mentioned, is going to be a full resolution audio file. There's also an option for an AIFF file, which is also full resolution. And the option to Bounce an MP3, as well as the WAV. And the reason that you would want to do this is to have a copy of something that is a full, high quality audio file. But also have an MP3 that's easy to share on the Internet, or easy to email to colleagues or friends. In terms of the difference between a WAV and an AIFF, it's really a matter of personal preference of what file type you use. In terms of the quality of the audio, they're basically the same. For the format of this Bounce, you want to always have it as Interleaved. Because the other choices would be a Mono track, which takes both of your left right stereo, and converts them into one Mono file, which would basically erase everything you did, in terms of stereo. Or you can choose multiple Mono, which is going to take your left side and your right side, and bounce them into two separate files. Which means that you won't be able to listen to them together, the same way you heard them in Pro Tools. An Interleave file is a left right stereo file, and that's really all you need. [MUSIC] Your Bit Depth and the Sample Rate are going to be the same as when you started the session, and there's no need to change them. For a file Name, choose something that is going to be really original, or the name of the song, or something you'll remember. This particular song as you'll find out later in the course is called Tell Time. And since this is the first version of a song, and it won't be the final one, I'm going to say v1 for version one. In terms of the Directory, that's where your Bounce is going to go. And I'm going to show you through the file system of where to find your Bounces, and keep them all together with your Pro Tools files. So you're not losing any pieces of your production along the way. So just leave that alone for now. You can also choose an Offline Bounce, and not listen to your project. Or you can choose an Online Bounce by not selecting this box to listen to it back. Because I know my project already, I'm going to choose an Offline Bounce just because I don't need to listen back to it, and it actually bounces faster. Once you're done, hit Bounce. If you're creating an MP3, it's going to ask you some other details about the MP3 quality. You can either choose to make it a high quality bit rate by choosing the high number, or you can leave this alone. It's entirely up to you. If you're not familiar with different qualities of MP3s, it's probably best to just leave this. When you hit OK, Pro Tools is going to put up this window that says that it's bouncing it. And when it's finished, you can continue working on the project, or you can save it and listen to your Bounce. Hit Command S on a Mac, or Control S on a PC to save Pro Tools, and then Command or Control Q to quit. [MUSIC]
