How to Bounce a Mix in FL Studio

Pre-Flight Before Export

1. Set playlist end marker
   Include tails of reverb/delay; do not cut the last word.
2. Mute scratch tracks
   Reference tracks, click, talkback.
3. Check master peak
   No continuous clipping on the master unless intentional brickwall master.
4. Bypass render-only troubles
   Disable CPU hogs that crash offline render; freeze heavy synths if needed.
5. Note sample rate
   Match session rate for mix prints; convert later if required.

Export Dialog Essentials

• Mode Full song vs selection — know what is highlighted.
• WAV 24-bit or 32-bit float Common mix-print choices; coordinate with your engineer.
• Dither Usually for final bit-depth reduction to 16-bit, not every float print.
• Split mixer tracks Stem export when needed — name inserts clearly first.
• Leave remainder Follow Image-Line’s current export UI labels in your FL version.

Image-Line’s official FL Studio documentation covers exporting audio and split mixer tracks; menu names can differ slightly by version, so confirm in the manual for your build.^[1]

Stems vs Full Mix

For mix engineers, deliver dry-enough stems with shared FX printed only when intentional. Label kick, snare, music bus, vocals clearly. Do not hand over fifty unlabeled inserts.

Headroom mindset pairs with mix bus processing.

Quality Control After Bounce

• Listen in another app Catch missing playlist regions.
• Check start/end silence No abrupt cuts; no two bars of nothing unless artistic.
• Mono spot-check Especially low end — mono guide.
• File name Song_version_sampleRate_bitDepth_date.wav

Common Mistakes

• MP3 as the only master deliverable Keep a WAV archive.
• Rendering with metronome Unforced error.
• Clipped master print for “loudness” Streaming turn-down — Spotify documents normalization targets.^[2]
• No tail on last reverb Sounds amateur on playlists.