Save song from Logic Studio as MP3?

[uneek78]

I am unable to figure out how to save a song from Logic Studio as an MP3 or whatever is playable in iTunes. Just as long as it saves as a song that can be played normally on my Mac. Please give me the step-by-step process? Thank you!

[Teej guy]

Here's a response I wrote to someone who wanted to burn a track he made in Logic to a disc.

Originally Posted by Teej guy

If you're going to put it on a CD, the last thing you want to do is bounce to MP3. Doing so needlessly reduces the quality of your track. Does anyone give a damn about quality any more?

To answer the question:

First, set the green cycle selector at the top over the bar numbers in the arrange window to start/finish around the start/finish of the track you want to bounce. You also want to make sure no one particular region on a track is selected, otherwise that's all that's going to bounce.

Secondly, click File, Bounce. You want to bounce as PCM, format AIFF or WAV, 16 bit, sample rate 44100, with dithering enabled, file type interleaved.

Burn the resulting file to a CD, and you're golden.

If you want to create an MP3 or an AAC to send around the internet or put on your iPod etc, do all the above, but instead of selecting PCM as above, select MP3 or M4A. In terms of the settings for either of those formats, usually selecting VBR and selecting a High setting will give you a good result without taking up too much disc space.

However, for making a file to put on a CD or just making the highest possible quality file, follow my original quoted instructions.

[gotzero]

File -> Bounce (check "mp3" and choose your settings).