CHANGE STEREO TO MONO

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2010/07/25 00:24:04 (permalink)

CHANGE STEREO TO MONO

I have been reading that one should ordinarily record in mono - saves memory, etc.  I've been recording my vocals in stereo (because it is the default setting?!), and I believe that is why I now have panning problems - I can't make the vocals sound like they're in the middle, even if I slide the panning tool all the way to the right.

So now I have a bunch of vocals that I'd like to salvage - and pan to the middle:  CAN I CHANGE THEM TO MONO?  I know there's a mono button in the trac pane, but it still won't let me change the pan.  I can now see in the wave forms that there is sound on only one side - which I thought stereo would have recorded the same up and down since I was using one mic.  But answering my own question, since I use only one mic, that's the side that recorded.

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    daveny5
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    Re:CHANGE STEREO TO MONO 2010/07/25 00:29:25 (permalink)
    Edit-Bounce to Tracks and select Mono for Channel Format.

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    Re:CHANGE STEREO TO MONO 2010/07/25 00:39:41 (permalink)
    Or right-click on the clip and select "convert to mono"


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    Re:CHANGE STEREO TO MONO 2010/07/25 00:51:25 (permalink)
    Before I do the Edit>Bounce to Tracs, your way looks simpler.  But when I right click the clip, that option isn't offered...?
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    Re:CHANGE STEREO TO MONO 2010/07/25 01:04:22 (permalink)
    djayers1


    Before I do the Edit>Bounce to Tracs, your way looks simpler.  But when I right click the clip, that option isn't offered...?

    If it's an audio clip, when you right click, the 14th item down the list is "Convert to Mono" - or "Convert to Stereo" if you're doing the opposite.

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    Re:CHANGE STEREO TO MONO 2010/07/25 01:26:02 (permalink)
    I don't know how I missed it, but I see it now - worked like a charm!  Thanks.
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