How to Freeze audio in MONO

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anthonie
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How to Freeze audio in MONO

Post by anthonie »

Hello,

I want to freeze a mono miditrack form a plugin...let say Modulo 12.
I create an aux track and set the input to Modulo12 AUX 1 in mono.
Now....when I freeze the track , it will create a stereo track; which I don't want.

I can't fugure how to freeze to mono (1 audio file).

Anyone knows??


thx regards Tom
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Dan Worley
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Re: How to Freeze audio in MONO

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That is odd how it switches to a stereo buss when freezing, even if you have the track output to a mono bus. And when the track is output to a mono bus, I just noticed that it will come out as a mono track when the freeze is complete but the soundbite will be empty. Very odd.

I would just bounce it mono and have it added to the sequence. It's like 20 times faster anyway. Disable or delete the original track when you're done.

c-ya,

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anthonie
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Re: How to Freeze audio in MONO

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so that means i have to set the main out to mono and then freeze, then add to the track and set the main outs to stereo again?????

that will work, but a little bit strange indeed
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Re: How to Freeze audio in MONO

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anthonie wrote:so that means i have to set the main out to mono and then freeze, then add to the track and set the main outs to stereo again?????

that will work, but a little bit strange indeed
Modulo is stereo only, as far as I know. Set it to output on buss 1-2 (or whatever buss will isolate it) and bounce it, but choose Mono (with 3.5 dB attenuation) and select to have it added to the sequence. When that track is created set its output to the mains.

No freezing is involved.

c-ya,

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Re: How to Freeze audio in MONO

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thx man!
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