File Preparation & Delivery Published August 23, 2026Updated October 27, 2026

How to Export Stems in FL Studio for a Mix (Step-by-Step Video)

Route your sounds, tick Split mixer tracks and export clean stems from FL Studio. This guide and a short video show you how.

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FL Studio is where a lot of great beats and songs are born. But a beat that sounds huge in your project needs to arrive at the mix as separate, tidy files. Clean stems let your engineer shape each sound on its own, instead of fighting one flat bounce.

The good news is that FL Studio can export every mixer track in one pass. Below, you will find each setting explained in plain words, plus a short video from DGUNZ showing the full export inside FL Studio.

▶ Watch the FL Studio stem export video on YouTube

Before you export

Give every sound its own Mixer track. FL Studio splits stems by Mixer track, not by Channel Rack channel. If your kick, snare and hats all feed one insert, they come out as one file. Route each sound to its own insert.
Name and colour your Mixer tracks. The exported files take their names from the Mixer, so "Insert 7" tells your engineer nothing. Rename each one, such as "Kick", "808" or "Hook Vox".
Clear out empty inserts. Unused Mixer tracks can create silent files. Leave only the tracks that carry sound.
Check the Playlist end. Make sure nothing stray sits after the last bar, or the song will export longer than it needs to.
Bypass the master chain while you check balance. Effects on the Master are not printed onto split tracks, so make sure your balance still sounds right without them.

How to export stems in FL Studio, step by step

1. Confirm that every sound is routed to its own named Mixer track, as described above. 2. Make sure FL Studio is in Song mode, not Pattern mode, so the full arrangement exports. 3. Open File > Export > WAV file. 4. Choose a folder and a base file name, then confirm. The export window opens. 5. Set Mode to Full song. 6. Set Tail to Leave remainder. This lets reverbs and delays fade out naturally after the last note. 7. Under the output options, enable Split mixer tracks. This is the setting that turns one bounce into separate stems, one per Mixer track. 8. Choose WAV with 24-bit depth. 9. Keep the sample rate the same as your project. 10. Leave any normalising off, so your levels stay as you set them. 11. Click Start. FL Studio writes one WAV file for each Mixer track, plus the full mix.

Prefer to follow along? ▶ Watch the video

Note: master channel effects are not printed onto the split tracks. That is what you want, because your mix engineer will handle the final bus processing.

Recommended export settings

File type: WAV
Bit depth: 24-bit
Sample rate: Same as your FL Studio project
Start point: Start of the song (Mode: Full song)
Length / tail: Full song, Tail set to Leave remainder
Normalize: Off
Master bus processing: Not printed on split tracks; leave as is

Common FL Studio export mistakes

Everything on the Master track. If no sound is routed to its own insert, "Split mixer tracks" gives you almost nothing useful. Route first, export second.
Exporting in Pattern mode. You get one loop instead of the whole song. Switch to Song mode before you open the export window.
Cutting the tail. With Tail set to cut, a long 808 or reverb stops dead at the end. Choose Leave remainder.
Sends printed twice. If a vocal feeds a reverb insert and you also export that reverb insert, that is fine, as long as the dry vocal track does not also have the same reverb inside it. Keep effects in one place and label return tracks clearly, like "Vox Reverb".

Check your stems before you send them

Start a fresh, empty project. Drop every exported file in at bar 1 and play them together. Compare with your rough mix and listen for missing parts, silent files or sounds that changed. Check that each file name matches what is inside it. When it all lines up, zip the folder and send it.

From the studio: the FL Studio routing habit

After 15+ years behind the desk, the FL Studio issue I meet most is routing. A producer builds a great beat, but half the drums share one Mixer insert, so I get "Insert 3" with the kick, clap and percussion glued together. I can mix that, but I cannot give each sound the care it deserves.

The second habit is a heavy master chain that the artist has been listening through the whole time. Once it is off, the balance can feel different, so check it before export.

Most of the trap and Afrobeats projects I receive start life in FL Studio. When each sound has its own named insert and the tails are left to ring, I can get to the fun part quickly: making the low end hit and the vocal sit right on top.

Stem export guides for other DAWs

Using a different DAW, or working with a producer who does? Each guide below has its own short video:

Ready for a professional mix?

Upload your FL Studio stems to our online mixing service and ask for a free sample mix to hear the result before you commit. Take a look at packages and pricing, or contact the studio if you are unsure about your export.

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About the author: Charles "DGUNZ" Alison is the lead mixing and mastering engineer at Mix & Master Engineers, with 15+ years of experience across hip-hop, Afrobeats, gospel, R&B, pop and more. He trained at Point Blank Music School (UK), is an approved Apple Digital Masters provider, and is a Top Rated, Vetted Pro engineer on Fiverr with 2,200+ client reviews. Meet the engineer · Contact the studio