Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
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Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Is there an easy way to split a stereo audio track into 2 mono ones in DP?
I am probably being slow - but I can't seem to find an easy way without bouncing....
Stu
I am probably being slow - but I can't seem to find an easy way without bouncing....
Stu
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Are you recording your stereo audio tracks as interleaved files? Because if not, and you're still set to SD2 file format, one way is to go into the finder and find the stereo pair of files that will look something like this:Stuartfox wrote:Is there an easy way to split a stereo audio track into 2 mono ones in DP?
I am probably being slow - but I can't seem to find an easy way without bouncing....
Stu
Drum Bounce.L.sd2
Drum Bounce.R.sd2
Change the file name to something else like "Drum Bounce Left.sd2" and "Drum Bounce Right.sd2" so that you remove the ".L" and ".R" which is how DP knows to keep them together as a stereo pair. Then drag each file independently onto a new mono track and you should be good to go.
Again, this presupposes using a non-interleaved stereo format. If you're interleaved, you may need to use some other method which I'm not familiar with offhand.
What you could do if it IS interleaved is go to your Soundbites window and export the stereo audio file as de-interleaved SD2 and then edit the file names as show and import. Hope that helps.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
The more I think about it, I don't know if that would really save much time or not? You could just pan the track hard left and then use the "Freeze" command, then repeat with the track panned hard right, perhaps. Hmmm...
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
I've used this method in the past. It requires recording the pass in real-time.
1. Output the stereo track to a stereo bus. Pan to center.
2. Go to Bundles and add two mono buses the same as the stereo bus. For instance, if you used stereo Bus 1-2, also create a mono bus for 1 and a mono bus for 2.
3. Add two mono audio tracks and set one of their inputs for bus 1 and the other for bus 2 and record enable them.
4. Record.
Just a note of interest: I've also used this method to fold-down (or comp) mono compatible stereo tracks (electric guitar rhythm tracks, for instance) to a mono track by using the Trim plug on the stereo track. It's been awhile since I've done that, but if I'm remembering right, you have to use the Trim plug when doing the fold-down because if you hard pan the mixer pan you lose one side or the other.
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1. Output the stereo track to a stereo bus. Pan to center.
2. Go to Bundles and add two mono buses the same as the stereo bus. For instance, if you used stereo Bus 1-2, also create a mono bus for 1 and a mono bus for 2.
3. Add two mono audio tracks and set one of their inputs for bus 1 and the other for bus 2 and record enable them.
4. Record.
Just a note of interest: I've also used this method to fold-down (or comp) mono compatible stereo tracks (electric guitar rhythm tracks, for instance) to a mono track by using the Trim plug on the stereo track. It's been awhile since I've done that, but if I'm remembering right, you have to use the Trim plug when doing the fold-down because if you hard pan the mixer pan you lose one side or the other.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Insert Trim plug in, turn off one channel only, and pan the remaining track to taste in Trim. Duplicate the track, turn off opposite channel only, and pan. A quick and dirty solution, but if your computer is maxed out, the extra overhead may be undesireable.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
You can just drag the files right onto the left side of the TO and DP will create the new mono tracks for you automatically.James Steele wrote: Change the file name to something else like "Drum Bounce Left.sd2" and "Drum Bounce Right.sd2" so that you remove the ".L" and ".R" which is how DP knows to keep them together as a stereo pair. Then drag each file independently onto a new mono track and you should be good to go.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Doh! I forgot about that! Thanks Phil!philbrown wrote:
You can just drag the files right onto the left side of the TO and DP will create the new mono tracks for you automatically.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
I wished... there's no way of only highlighting one side and copying it, then creating a new mono file and pasting.Stuartfox wrote:Is there an easy way to split a stereo audio track into 2 mono ones in DP?
I am probably being slow - but I can't seem to find an easy way without bouncing....
Stu
But to fix that I set up DP to use Amadeus Pro as my external editor and when I highlight a stereo (or any) file, it opens up in AP. So if you highlight a stereo track in DP and go to audio "edit in waveform editor" Amadeus launches and you'll see two files now. Then you just "save as" and name the file appropriately and it will save it in the file source's folder (the sessions audio folder) then just import the files as usual. You'll get each side instead of getting an interleaved file. This is what I've been doing for a while and it's pretty fast.
I have it set up to do edits that DP sound bite editor lacks.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Not in front of my DAW now, but AFAICR, AudioFinder provides this as a routine.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
philbrown wrote:You can just drag the files right onto the left side of the TO and DP will create the new mono tracks for you automatically.James Steele wrote: Change the file name to something else like "Drum Bounce Left.sd2" and "Drum Bounce Right.sd2" so that you remove the ".L" and ".R" which is how DP knows to keep them together as a stereo pair. Then drag each file independently onto a new mono track and you should be good to go.
Could you elaborate? I've been trying to do this, and I just get stereo tracks no matter what I do, even if I just drag ONE SDII file into the TO. (it knows the other one is there!)
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Because it's imbedded in the bit header.Shooshie wrote:philbrown wrote:You can just drag the files right onto the left side of the TO and DP will create the new mono tracks for you automatically.James Steele wrote: Change the file name to something else like "Drum Bounce Left.sd2" and "Drum Bounce Right.sd2" so that you remove the ".L" and ".R" which is how DP knows to keep them together as a stereo pair. Then drag each file independently onto a new mono track and you should be good to go.
Could you elaborate? I've been trying to do this, and I just get stereo tracks no matter what I do, even if I just drag ONE SDII file into the TO. (it knows the other one is there!)
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Woah, I started something with this question - I just used the trim - great idea - its only 'cos I'm working on a doccumentry with a temp score in one channel and the dialogue in the other.
I do have another equally dull question I will post in a new thread...
Cheers guys.
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I do have another equally dull question I will post in a new thread...
Cheers guys.
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
This is one thing that I really miss from Pro Tools that I hope DP will implement in the future. It's so easy in PT to just drag a stereo region into 2 mono tracks or drag two mono regions into a stereo track that I don't even think about it there.
MOTU gave me a floating control panel and floating quicktime movies and automatic backups. Would I be greedy to hope for this too?
MOTU gave me a floating control panel and floating quicktime movies and automatic backups. Would I be greedy to hope for this too?

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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
Sounds like we ought to rub your head for luck.Mr. Quimper wrote:This is one thing that I really miss from Pro Tools that I hope DP will implement in the future. It's so easy in PT to just drag a stereo region into 2 mono tracks or drag two mono regions into a stereo track that I don't even think about it there.
MOTU gave me a floating control panel and floating quicktime movies and automatic backups. Would I be greedy to hope for this too?

It would be nice but it's not that important to me. I actually like sub mixing and converting tracks in real time. It gives me time to actually listen and consider things. Know what I mean?
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Re: Splitting stereo audio track into two mono ones
i'd be happy as about this too .. its great feature in protools...Mr. Quimper wrote:This is one thing that I really miss from Pro Tools that I hope DP will implement in the future. It's so easy in PT to just drag a stereo region into 2 mono tracks or drag two mono regions into a stereo track that I don't even think about it there.
MOTU gave me a floating control panel and floating quicktime movies and automatic backups. Would I be greedy to hope for this too?
audiofinder is my way of doign it - just set it to be the ext editor in dp and ucan command jkey it it over,,, and if u bypass the processing folder in AF it will put the audio in the audiofiles folder - so cutting out on dupoed audio everywhere,..
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