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  • SOLVED THANK YOU converting stereo to mono
2017/03/04 14:57:28
joey90405
 you can see these are stereo as you can see these are stereo tracks, is there a way for me to convert them to mono in sonar or is this something
 i need to do in a superior drummer?
thank you all in advance. also, can someone tell me a better way to insert a photo and text in this forum? sometimes it gets really crowded.  
2017/03/04 15:20:30
Zargg
Hi. Right click on the clip, and choose "bounce / convert to mono". Not at my DAW, so not sure about exact name.
All the best.
2017/03/04 16:19:56
joel77
Yep, right click on the clip. Choose "Convert to Mono". Easy peasy.
2017/03/04 16:50:57
chuckebaby
just keep in mind bouncing them to mono you will lose stereo sounds (fills that pan from left to right) or Hi hats that are dropped 35% right to sound realistic as possible.
2017/03/04 20:04:03
highlandermak
I wish there would be a bounce left To Mono or bounce right to Mono option because to your point if you convert your stereo to Mono you may lose a lot of the characteristics that made it sound so good
2017/03/04 20:19:44
Zargg
highlandermak
I wish there would be a bounce left To Mono or bounce right to Mono option because to your point if you convert your stereo to Mono you may lose a lot of the characteristics that made it sound so good

You could use split mono, couldn't you? Or did I misunderstand?

 
All the best.
2017/03/04 20:34:22
bitflipper
If this were a recording of a real kit, then using SONAR's convert-to-mono feature would be the proper approach. However, virtual drums are a special case. Here, it's best to take care of the mono-izing within Superior Drummer's mixer. Anything you can get right at the source is better than fixing it later.
 
(I'm assuming you don't want everything mono. More often, it's just kick and snare most people want in mono, retaining the ability to pan toms and overheads.)
 
For the kick and snare audio tracks, choose mono outputs. Here's what I usually do...route all three kick mikes to Output 1/2 in SD's mixer. Then for the input to the kick track, select "S1/2: Left (mono)". I then do the same for the snare: all the snare channels are routed to Output 3/4, then select "S3/4: Left (mono)" as the source for the snare audio track. Make sure those two audio tracks' interleaves are set to Mono.
 
(Another step I usually take is to alter the panning of the toms, as their default pans are too wide for my taste. A real drum kit isn't as wide as the whole stage!)
2017/03/04 20:41:14
Zargg
bitflipper
 
(Another step I usually take is to alter the panning of the toms, as their default pans are too wide for my taste. A real drum kit isn't as wide as the whole stage!)


Nice tip, Dave. Never thought of it that way.
I'm gonna use it 
All the best.
2017/03/04 20:45:30
bitflipper
highlandermak
I wish there would be a bounce left To Mono or bounce right to Mono option because to your point if you convert your stereo to Mono you may lose a lot of the characteristics that made it sound so good

This is a real concern if there are any L/R phase differences. Easy solution, though: convert the stereo track to split mono as described above, then simply delete one of the two resulting mono tracks. Audition each one first, though, in case one sounds better than the other. This concern does not apply to the OP's situation, though, as the kick and snare within Superior Drummer are mono sources to begin with so the stereo sides are identical and nothing will be lost by folding them to mono.
2017/03/04 21:27:36
Sanderxpander
Those look like waveform previews in the images, not clips, so Bitflipper is right about needing to address this at the softsynth level. I always do this with all separate drums though, not just kick and snare, though I'll often leave the OHs and Room as stereo sources for convenience. You can still pan mono tracks just fine so I'm not sure what Bitflipper means there, probably a miscommunication.
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