Thread: How do you export a song from Pro Tools after creating a stereo mixdown?

So, I'm finishing recording a CD, and am looking at the mastering process. All other mastering steps aside, how do you simply export the song? I've recorded all the tracks to a stereo mixdown. I know there's bounce-to-disk, but I've heard this loses some audio quality. Are there other ways of doing this? I tried just taking the actual recorded files, but there are two mono files, and am not sure how to use those for a CD. Thanks for the help.

Bounce to disk should work alright... Use "Tweakhead" quality and "Convert after Bounce." Give it a whirl and see how it sounds. Otherwise, you could use bus sends on all your tracks to a new stereo pair, re-record, and export the stereo file, but this is basically what the bounce to disk function does.

*Edit* I just re-read your question... Oops. Shift-apple-k. That will export your file into a wav you can use. Just make sure you choose stereo interleaved, and 16/44.1 if you want to put it on a CD.