Window Reference Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box |

When exporting multiple Songs, each one will be saved to a separate RMF file containing just a single Song. The only question to answer is what Instruments, if any, you want to include in each RMF file. (The Song data is always included.)
The Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box asks for your answer to that question:
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Working with the Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box What Instruments Should You Include? Working with the Export Multiple RMF Files dialog box
This dialog box is very simple to use: just choose one of the three options by clicking on the option you prefer. For help deciding which Instruments to select, see What Instruments Should You Include?, below.
When you're happy with your selection, click on the OK button to close the dialog box.
Finally, use the Choose A Folder dialog box to pick a folder for your exported RMF files:
The filenames will be taken from the Song names, but will all end with the.rmf extension.
Note for Mac OS Users: The Mac OS file creator code will be `MPL2'. What Instruments Should You Include?
You have three options here. In most cases (including RMF files intended for sonifying Web pages), Include All Custom Instruments is the best choice.
Include No Instruments means none of the generated RMF files will include any Instruments, neither Custom nor Built-In, even if used by the Songs. Don't use this option if any of the selected Songs depend on Custom Instruments - the Custom Instruments won't be included, and when the RMF file is played, all notes that use the Custom Instruments will be missing. If the selected Songs use only Built-In Instruments, and you know the RMF files will be played in Beatnik playback environments that provide the Built-In Instruments, then it's OK to use the Include No Instruments option. The Beatnik Player for Web browsers always includes the Built-In Instruments; however the Beatnik Audio Engine for C and C++ and the Beatnik Xtra for Director and Shockwave may or may not include the Built-In Instruments, depending on which sample library file is being used at the time. Check your Beatnik documentation for details. Include All Custom Instruments means that each generated RMF file will include any of your Custom Instruments that the respective Song uses, but none of the Built-In Instruments it uses. This is usually the best choice, because most Beatnik playback environments include their own copy of the Built-In Instruments. For example, the Beatnik Player for Web browsers always has the full set of Built-In Instruments. Of course those players don't have a copy of your Custom Instruments, so to make them available at playback time you'll need to include them in the RMF files. Include All Instruments means that each generated RMF file will include all Custom and Built-In Instruments it uses. Use this option if you expect the RMF files to be used in Beatnik playback environments that don't (or aren't guaranteed to) include the Built-In Instruments. (The Beatnik Audio Engine for C and C++ and the Beatnik Xtra for Director and Shockwave may or may not include the Built-In Instruments, depending on which sample library file is being used at the time. However, the Beatnik Player for Web browsers always includes the Built-In Instruments.)

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