How do you get songs from pro tools to a CD?

Answer 1

for Any version of pro tools before 8.0 (and probably after):

If what you're saying is, the song is recorded in pro tools. You must do a bounce to disk first.

in Pro Tools:

goto File>>Bounce to Disk... or press Command-option-B on a Mac, or CTRL-ALT-B on a PC.

**remember, if you have audio or regions selected, Pro Tools will only bounce THAT part of your session.

A dialog box will appear. Be sure to select "stereo interleaved" for this.

**remember, audio CDs are ALWAYS at 44.1 KHz and with 16 bits of "bit depth" or dynamic range.

If you have recorded at 24 bits, you must dither down to 16 bits of depth. To dither, open a stereo MASTER FADER, if you haven't already.

Mac: Cmd-Shft-N

PC : Ctrl-Shft-N

and select "master fader" from the drop menu.

Then, open a dithering plugin on the master fader (found in "Dither")

Now do your bounce as described, with bit depth set to 16.

"Bouncing" sums all of the audio in your session (everything you hear on playback) into one stereo file.

Choose where to save your bounce, and remember where the file goes. Then, simply drag your stereo .wav into your CD burning software. Voila!