The Best Export Settings | How To Export Songs x Stems Correctly (BeatStars, Spotify, Apple Etc)

Exporting a song shouldn't be so confusing. Here is a comprehensive guide on what settings you might want to select and why. This demonstration of exporting stems and completed songs is done in Reason 11, but the terminology applies to any DAW. Once your export is done, what's next? If you plan on uploading your song to major streaming platforms, watch until the end!

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Set the song length
01:07 - Naming and saving
01:20 - AIFF vs WAV vs MP3
02:24 - Sample Rate & Bit Depth Explanation
02:32 - Sample Rate Explanation
03:36 - Bit Depth Explanation
05:35 - How To Export Stems
12:26 - DistroKid Collaboration Splits

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[bizshpsmart]

Love this channel. Would of been a blessing when I started a long time ago, but I'm glad someone stepped up and started to do tutorials on Reason from a Hip Hop perspective. Great channel to learn from 🙏💪

[fliteschool]

Peace Jelie! This video popped up and made me want to go open Reason up again. Hope all is well wit Sis. 💪🏾💯

[Chubbyjohnson]

Yo! I've been a performing funk/jazz hip-hop drummer for 30 years and producing chill Lo-Fi, bedroom head nodders for about two decades. I've been using reason since 3 because we got it grifted working at Guitar Center many years ago LOL, but as much as I've learned and got good at using heavy-handed effects like delay, Reverb etcetera, when it comes to exporting, I've been faking it all these years. Plus I've grown a little hard of hearing as I've gotten older. Go figure, sitting on stage between giant amplifiers my whole life. 🤔😎
This caused me to over compress which my music Buddies always tell me I do. This is because my hearing is going in a way where I can hear highs and lows but mids are difficult for me to process in my brain. Blew out the entire frequency range on my heary parts heh. So when recording I tend to boost lows and highs which ends up having to be compressed in the final edit because it's peaking like a motha. I've learned how to get better using my hard of hearing at mixing but as far as exporting like I said I've always faked it and yo! This is the greatest video I've ever seen on this, you really broke it down and I actually get it! I can't tell you thanks enough yo, this video is the bee's knees. If ya don't mind I'll see if I can send you the actual track I'm working on at the this very moment that made me have to look up your video. Cheers!

[vinchenzofedele]

Good Looking on the info Homie ..you stay dropping Gems.

[LiamJonesArtist]

Super great info. As I work with a producer up in my town, he keeps hitting me with things I don't know about, so I play catch-up by checking out vids like this. Sample rate, for instance.

[just-groove-it]

@Kickback Couture thank you for all the hard work you are constantly putting in this; I cannot tell you how valuable all this has been for me; I am just starting to try to take my music to the next level; and turn pro as a freelancer, independent artist, producer, engineer, and recording artist...this is a blessing! Just Groove it! & Stay the Funk! Live Long & Prosper! Love you! Continue 😘

[Dza]

Jelie gives you the best 🎁. I know all this Information anyway but its always good for a recap! Now back to cooking 🎧

[kevinstoneham]

Brilliant explanation. I had never really understood this before.

[Mr_Cru]

Never knew that about dithering! Much love for that gem

[devinsambo]

Thank You For This Video. I seen it before and couldn't find it. I Truly Thank You.

[JeaniusCompany]

Yo! Talk about a time saver Thank you!

[jamespooler]

that's good to know, thanks. the Preferences on the bottom of the Edit tab could be something else to go over.

[nobleisglobalmusic]

I have been following your videos and you make amazing content. Just a matter of time before others discover you. Thank you for all this incredible information! Keep going!

[cassieopea]

Ok ok, you could've told me I didn't know how to send a wav hahahahah :) This was an awesome video!!

[KBlakK]

This is a great video guide!!! You always come with the hookup!!!

[tunesyou]

Perfect, exactly what I needed...thank you!

[sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

I keep trying to export my MIDI files, they are separately and export separately labeled... BUT, the differently labeled files ALL HAVE the same Midi Pattern and and drums.

PLeASE HELP!

[BrianLife]

Knowledge bombs on the Bit rates! old white guys, lol! So funky! You're my fav!

[jayonbaby]

I created a sample in 96k sample rate and my computer liked to crash. I exported it to mp3 and it sounds better than anything I’ve ever done. I can really hear the difference. What does this mean? My computer can’t handle a whole song.

[catchcandy]

help.. when i export song, it sounds compressed to hell. it sound great on my audio box. until i export to wave and play it back on