Converting your Reason file into an MP3

You should all have made at least one full song by today.  Its time to learn how convert your Reason file into an audio file that you can put on a CD or email to a friend! 

Once your Reason song is completed you need to find the END MARKER.  If you scroll as far as you can in the sequencer you should find the end marker. You will need to move the end marker to the end of your song.  

You should leave 1-2 bars between your last notes and the end marker. This lets you hear any reverb or ambient sounds that may follow your last notes and gives your song a more natural finish.

Once your end marker is in place, go to the File menu and select Export Song as Audio File...

A window should pop up where you can choose how to save the song. Make sure you save it as a WAVE file.  Once you hit Save an Audio Export Settings window will pop up. Keep the settings that are up and click Export.

You should now have a wave file of your song.  

Double click your new file and it should open in iTunes.



In order to email your song you will need to convert the song from a WAVE form to an MP3.  In I tunes you will need to go to Preferences in the iTunes menu.  
Click Import Settings...

In Import Settings make sure that MP3 Encoder is selected.

Now that you have the Settings ready you can easily convert your wave files to MP3s.  Make sure the song that you want to convert is hightlighted then go to the Advanced menu and click Create MP3 Version.  The new MP3 version should show up in just a couple seconds.

The Mp3 version is a smaller simpler file that you can easily attach to an email and put on a CD or Jump Drive.