regions into separate audio files..?

[DJ FADE]

I recently picked up the classic Bob Clearmountain drum samples CD for use in the studio. As some of you may know, this sample collection is in AUDIO file format. I have not had a problem importing the audio tracks into Pro Tools and slicing up all the different drum hits on each track into regions. What I AM having a problem with, however is getting all of my separated regions into a usable form outside of the session. Ideally, I’d like them to be in .wav format. Is there a way to convert each region within a Pro Tools session to a .wav file and have it show up in the “audio files” folder on the hard drive? If so, I could do that, and then copy/paste all those audio files to my ‘sample’ hard drive and be good to go.

It seems like there has to be an easy way to get this done. If anyone knows of a simple way to do so, please let me know!

Any help in appreciated. Thanks!

[albee1952]

Once the audio is in a PT session, it is already in WAV form(unless you do your sessions in AIFF format). You can use the "Export to" function and send the files to a new folder. Use Tab to Transient to cut exactly on the leading edge of each drum hit and you can rename the region(and file) in PT to make it easier to keep track of the regions(double-click on a region brings up the rename option).

[DJ FADE]

thanks for the reply! i went back into pro tools and highlighted some of the regions. when i went to use the file->export feature, it would NOT let me. the 'export' feature was in the scroll down menu, but it was dark and not an option. the 'import' option would have worked just fine, but not export.

i hope that makes sense.

is there any reason for that, or ways to fix it?

[spkguitar]

Try "Export Regions as files" from the region list.

[DJ FADE]

thank you spkguitar! that's exactly the function i was looking for. worked perfectly and now i'm enjoying the samples!