# Exporting audio as a waveform or flac?
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121 "2024-01-19T01:23:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@RiceWitch](https://qa.fmod.com/u/RiceWitch)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121/1 "2024-01-19T01:23:41Z")
Can’t find anything to export the audio to any format, not even vorbis.
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### Author:  [@Leah\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Leah_FMOD)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121/2 "2024-01-19T03:53:11Z")
FMOD Studio is designed to create audio behavior that is built banks that are then loaded into the FMOD Engine to be played in real time - it is not a DAW, and as a result cannot be used to export audio. If you do need to make modifications to or export audio, I would recommend using your DAW of choice to do so.
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### Author:  [@RiceWitch](https://qa.fmod.com/u/RiceWitch)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121/3 "2024-01-19T06:35:40Z")
I have a daw, and use it regularly. However, I use the panner in this application as it is quite good.
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### Author:  [@Leah\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Leah_FMOD)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/exporting-audio-as-a-waveform-or-flac/21121/4 "2024-01-21T23:52:25Z")
In that case, your best options are to record audio through an external program (screen/audio capture software like OBS, loopback drivers, etc.), or to use one of the [`WAVWRITER`](https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.02/api/core-api-system.html#fmod_outputtype_wavwriter) outputs when [initializing your system](https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.02/api/core-api-system.html#system_init) at runtime, which will write the system output to file.