Finalwav — Preparing Your Music for Mixing

Printing & Exporting Tracks

Consolidate every track to one file

Merge/consolidate all regions into a single file per track, starting from 00:00:00. Keep mono files mono and stereo files stereo — don’t convert one to the other on export.
Label tracks by instrument

Name files clearly — Verse Synth, Guitar Solo, Snare, Lead Vocal — instead of generic track numbers. It avoids confusion and saves everyone time once the session lands with us.
Export dry, without processing

Print/export tracks without effects or processing — no reverb, delay, or compression — unless you’re also sending a reference mix, in which case a processed version is fine alongside the dry files.

Exception: if a plugin effect is genuinely part of the song’s artistic vision (a signature vocal effect, for example), it’s fine to leave it printed in — just also include a dry, unprocessed version of that same track.

DAW-Specific Steps

Pro Tools

Bypass all plugins: Ctrl/⌘ + click on each plugin.
Select all regions: Option-click a track’s name to highlight all track names, then ⌘ A.
Consolidate: Shift Option 3.
Export: ⌘ Shift K → WAV, Interleaved, 24-bit, 48kHz → choose your output folder → Export.

Logic Pro

Bypass or remove all sends and inserts on every track.
Enable Cycle Mode and set the cycle range to the full length of the song.
File → Export → All Tracks as Audio Files (Shift ⌘ E).
Choose WAV, 24-bit, and save.

FL Studio

Disable or remove mixer insert effects on every channel you’re exporting.
File → Export → Split Mixer Tracks to render each track to its own stem (or solo and render tracks individually).
Choose WAV, 24-bit, matching your project’s sample rate.

Ableton Live

Remove or disable all device effects on each track (or freeze, then flatten, a dry copy).
Select all tracks, then File → Export Audio/Video.
Enable “Individual Tracks,” choose WAV, 24-bit, and export.

File Format

MP3 and M4A files should never be submitted for mixing. Preferred format is WAV or AIFF, 24-bit / 48kHz or greater.

Keep files at the same resolution they were originally recorded in — no up- or down-sampling. For example: a song recorded at 24-bit/48kHz should be submitted as a 24-bit/48kHz file (.WAV or .AIFF), not converted to a different rate on the way out.

Delivery

Zip all of your files into a single folder before sending. We’ll send you a file-link request as part of your project intake — Dropbox, Google Drive, or WeTransfer all work.