To export a song from Reaper as a single audio file, you need to render it. Go to “File - Render...“ or press ”Ctrl + Alt + R“ This will bring up a window that looks like the picture below.
The only settings you need to check are:
- Source and Bounds at the very top - these should be set to Master mix and Entire project
- Directory and File name - these set where it will be saved and what it will be called
- Format - We generally prefer to use MP3 to keep the file size small.
Once you have checked each of these, you can click the “Render 1 file” button at the bottom and wait a few seconds for the render to complete before closing the render window.
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