Intro to Export Flow: Audio Delivery Automation for Professional Creators

Published: January 31, 2026
Author: Soniteq Team
Reading Time: 10 minutes

The final mile of music production—exporting, naming, organizing, and delivering audio files—represents a disproportionate source of friction in professional workflows. A composer might spend weeks crafting a perfect album, only to lose hours manually exporting stems, renaming files according to client specifications, embedding metadata, and packaging everything for delivery. This tedious, error-prone process adds no creative value yet consumes significant time and mental energy. Worse, mistakes in this final stage—wrong sample rates, missing stems, incorrect filenames—can damage client relationships and delay payments.

Export Flow eliminates this bottleneck through intelligent automation. Rather than treating audio delivery as a manual chore performed differently for every project, Export Flow allows you to define export templates once and reuse them indefinitely. Whether you're delivering ten stems or a thousand, whether your client requires WAV masters or MP3 previews, whether filenames follow simple patterns or complex specifications, Export Flow handles the entire process automatically while you focus on more valuable work.

The Hidden Cost of Manual Exports

To understand Export Flow's value proposition, it's worth quantifying the time most creators lose to manual export workflows. Consider a typical album delivery for a music library:

You open your DAW and solo the first stem (strings). You export it as a 24-bit/48kHz WAV file. You rename the file from Audio 1.wav to AlbumName_Track01_Strings_WAV.wav. You repeat this process for drums, bass, piano, brass, and full mix—six stems per track. With ten tracks in the album, that's sixty individual export operations. If each export-rename cycle takes two minutes (accounting for DAW rendering time and manual file manipulation), you've spent two hours on purely mechanical work.

Now multiply that by multiple albums per month, multiple clients with different requirements, and occasional mistakes that require re-exports. Many professional creators spend five to ten hours per month on export logistics—time that could be invested in composition, client development, or simply rest.

Export Flow compresses this two-hour process into five minutes. You select your pre-configured template, click export, and let the automation run while you move on to other work. The time savings compound quickly, but the benefits extend beyond mere efficiency.

Core Capabilities: What Export Flow Does

Export Flow's feature set addresses every aspect of professional audio delivery.

Batch Export Automation is the foundation. You define which tracks need to be exported, which stems within each track, and what formats are required. Export Flow processes everything in sequence without manual intervention. If you need to export sixty stems across ten tracks, you configure the job once and let it run. The system handles DAW automation, file rendering, format conversion, and output organization automatically.

Metadata Management ensures your deliverables include proper credits, copyright information, ISRC codes, and custom fields required by specific clients or platforms. Instead of manually embedding metadata into each file after export, you define metadata templates that apply automatically during the export process. This consistency is particularly valuable for composers working with multiple music libraries, each with unique metadata requirements.

Filename Rule Logic allows you to specify complex naming patterns using variables and conditionals. A simple pattern might be {AlbumName}_{TrackNumber}_{StemType}.wav. A complex pattern might include conditional logic: {ClientCode}_{AlbumName}_Track{TrackNumber:02d}_{StemType}_{Format}_{SampleRate}kHz.{Extension}. Export Flow evaluates these rules for every file, ensuring perfect consistency across thousands of exports._

Format Conversion handles multiple output formats in a single export run. You can simultaneously generate 24-bit/48kHz WAV masters, 16-bit/44.1kHz MP3 previews, and FLAC archives without running separate export jobs. Export Flow manages the technical details—sample rate conversion, bit depth adjustment, compression settings—according to your specifications.

Quality Validation checks exported files for common issues before you deliver them to clients. The system verifies that sample rates match specifications, that file sizes fall within expected ranges, that metadata is properly embedded, and that filenames conform to your rules. This automated quality control catches errors that would otherwise require embarrassing follow-up emails and re-exports.

Output Organization structures your exported files in logical folder hierarchies. You might want all stems for Track 1 in one folder, all MP3 previews in another, and all full mixes in a third. Export Flow creates this structure automatically based on your template, eliminating the need to manually sort files after export.

Template System: Define Once, Reuse Forever

The template system is where Export Flow's long-term value becomes apparent. Every client, music library, or platform you work with has specific technical requirements. Library A wants 24-bit/48kHz WAV stems with embedded ISRC codes. Library B requires 16-bit/44.1kHz MP3s with specific filename patterns. Agency C demands both formats plus PDF cue sheets.

Before Export Flow, you might maintain a spreadsheet documenting these requirements and manually configure exports for each delivery. This approach is fragile—requirements change, spreadsheets become outdated, and manual processes invite errors.

With Export Flow, you create a template for each client once. The template encodes all technical specifications: formats, sample rates, bit depths, metadata fields, filename patterns, and folder structures. When it's time to deliver an album to Library A, you select the "Library A" template and click export. Export Flow handles everything according to the documented requirements, ensuring consistency across all deliverables.

Templates also support inheritance and composition. If multiple clients share common requirements (e.g., all music libraries want 24-bit/48kHz WAV masters), you can create a base template with those shared settings and derive client-specific templates that add unique requirements. This modularity reduces duplication and makes template maintenance easier as your client roster grows.

Integration with Kora: Seamless Workflow

While Export Flow functions as a standalone tool, its integration with Kora creates a seamless plan-create-deliver workflow. When you define an album in Kora, you specify which tracks need stems and what deliverables are required. This planning information flows directly into Export Flow, pre-populating export jobs with the correct tracks, stems, and formats.

The integration eliminates redundant data entry. You don't define your album structure in Kora and then recreate it manually in Export Flow. The systems share a common data model, ensuring that changes in one environment automatically reflect in the other.

Kora's relationship tracking also informs Export Flow's template selection. When you're ready to deliver an album to a specific client, Kora suggests the appropriate export template based on past deliveries to that client. This intelligent recommendation reduces decision fatigue and ensures you never accidentally use the wrong template.

Advanced Features: Beyond Basic Exports

Export Flow's advanced capabilities support complex workflows that go beyond simple stem exports.

Conditional Exports allow you to define rules that determine which stems are exported based on track properties. For example, you might export piano stems only for tracks that actually include piano, or skip drum stems for ambient tracks. These conditional rules prevent cluttering deliverables with empty or irrelevant files.

Variable Sample Rate Handling automatically adjusts export settings based on source material. If your DAW session is at 96kHz but your client requires 48kHz delivery, Export Flow performs high-quality sample rate conversion using professional algorithms. You can specify different conversion settings for different output formats (e.g., aggressive filtering for MP3, transparent filtering for WAV).

Parallel Processing leverages multiple CPU cores to accelerate batch exports. If you're exporting sixty stems, Export Flow can render multiple files simultaneously rather than processing them sequentially. On modern multi-core systems, this parallelization can reduce total export time by fifty percent or more.

Post-Export Actions trigger automatically after exports complete. You might want to upload files to a specific Dropbox folder, send a notification email to your client, or archive the export job for future reference. Export Flow supports custom scripts and integrations that automate these follow-up tasks, further reducing manual work.

Version Control tracks every export job, including which template was used, what settings were applied, and when the export occurred. If a client reports an issue with a delivery from three months ago, you can review the exact export configuration used and identify what might have gone wrong. This audit trail is invaluable for troubleshooting and maintaining quality standards.

Real-World Use Cases

To illustrate Export Flow's practical impact, consider these scenarios from professional creators.

Scenario 1: Music Library Composer with Multiple Clients

David composes for six different production music libraries. Each library has unique technical specifications, metadata requirements, and filename conventions. Before Export Flow, David spent approximately six hours per month on export logistics, and he frequently made mistakes—using the wrong sample rate, forgetting to embed ISRC codes, or applying incorrect filename patterns.

After implementing Export Flow, David created six templates (one per library) during his initial setup. Now, when an album is ready to deliver, he selects the appropriate template and clicks export. The entire process takes five minutes instead of two hours. Over a year, David saves seventy-two hours—nearly two full work weeks—that he can invest in composition or client development. More importantly, his error rate drops to near zero because the templates enforce correct specifications automatically.

Scenario 2: Game Audio Designer Delivering Variations

Elena creates sound design libraries for game developers. A typical delivery includes hundreds of sound effects, each exported in multiple variations (dry, wet, processed) and multiple formats (WAV, OGG, MP3). Managing this complexity manually is impractical—the cognitive load of tracking which files have been exported and which remain is overwhelming.

Export Flow's batch processing capabilities transform Elena's workflow. She defines a template that specifies all required variations and formats. When a sound design library is complete, she queues the entire batch for export and lets Export Flow process everything overnight. The next morning, she wakes up to perfectly organized deliverables ready for client review. What once took days of manual work now requires minutes of setup time.

Scenario 3: Advertising Music Producer Managing Revisions

Marcus produces custom music for advertising agencies. Revision rounds are common, and clients often request stems for specific instruments so they can make their own edits. The challenge is maintaining consistency across revision cycles—ensuring that "Piano_V3" corresponds to the correct version of the piano track, not an earlier iteration.

Export Flow's version control and naming logic solve this problem. Marcus includes version numbers in his filename templates: {ProjectName}_{TrackName}_{StemType}_V{VersionNumber}.wav. Each time he exports a revision, the version number increments automatically. Clients receive clearly labeled files that eliminate confusion about which stems correspond to which revision. This clarity reduces back-and-forth communication and accelerates approval cycles._

Pricing and Availability

Export Flow is available both as a standalone tool and as part of Kora Creator and Kora Pro subscriptions.

Standalone Export Flow ($19/year) provides full access to all export automation features. This tier is ideal for creators who already have project management systems they're happy with but want to eliminate manual export work. You get unlimited templates, batch processing, metadata management, and format conversion.

Kora Creator ($12/month) includes Export Flow plus Kora's full planning and AI features. This bundle represents the complete Soniteq workflow: plan albums in Kora, create music in your DAW, and deliver automatically with Export Flow. The integration between systems creates efficiencies that standalone tools cannot match.

Kora Pro ($25/month) adds extended AI capacity, cloud storage, and cross-device sync. For high-volume creators managing dozens of simultaneous projects, Pro provides the headroom and flexibility to support that intensity.

All pricing tiers benefit from Founder Pricing, which locks in current rates permanently for early adopters.

Getting Started with Export Flow

Adopting Export Flow requires some initial setup, but the investment pays dividends immediately.

Step 1: Audit Your Current Workflow

Before creating templates, document your current export requirements. For each client or platform you deliver to, note the required formats, sample rates, bit depths, metadata fields, and filename patterns. This audit reveals patterns and commonalities that inform template design.

Step 2: Create Your First Template

Start with your most common delivery scenario. If you deliver to one music library more frequently than others, create a template for that library first. Define the technical specifications, metadata fields, and filename rules. Test the template with a small export job to verify that outputs match expectations.

Step 3: Expand Your Template Library

Once your first template works correctly, create templates for other clients and scenarios. Look for opportunities to use template inheritance—if multiple clients share common requirements, create a base template and derive client-specific variations.

Step 4: Integrate with Your DAW

Export Flow works with all major DAWs through standard export protocols. Configure your DAW to output to a staging folder that Export Flow monitors. When new files appear in this folder, Export Flow automatically applies your template rules, handling renaming, metadata embedding, and format conversion.

Step 5: Automate Post-Export Actions

As you become comfortable with basic exports, explore post-export automation. Set up Dropbox uploads, client notification emails, or archive scripts that run automatically after each export job completes. These integrations further reduce manual work and create a truly hands-off delivery process.

Conclusion: Reclaim Your Time

Audio delivery automation might seem like a minor optimization—a nice-to-have feature rather than a fundamental workflow improvement. But the cumulative impact of eliminating manual export work is profound. Hours saved each month compound into weeks saved each year. Error rates drop to near zero. Client satisfaction improves because deliverables are consistently perfect. And perhaps most importantly, you reclaim mental energy that was being wasted on mechanical tasks, freeing that capacity for creative work that actually matters.

Export Flow represents a simple but powerful idea: define your export requirements once, then let automation handle the repetitive execution. This shift from manual to automated delivery is not just about efficiency—it's about professionalism, reliability, and sustainability. In an industry where deadlines are tight and competition is fierce, the creators who can deliver faster and more reliably have a decisive advantage.

Ready to automate your audio delivery? Request early access [blocked] to Export Flow and experience the difference. Early adopters receive Founder Pricing, locking in current rates permanently.

Want to learn more? Explore our other guides: Intro to Kora [blocked], Intro to Key Shift Pro [blocked], and Professional Audio Delivery: Best Practices [blocked].