Convert mono to stereo HELP !!

hitechfunk · Post by **hitechfunk** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:15 pm

Guys Im a idiot i had a session with a vocalist and at the time i was recording It I could not figure out how to record in stereo so rather that have the vocalist wait and get pissed, I did the whole session in mono ... is there a way to convert the tracks to stereo without it sounding jacked ... please your help is needed thanks

Lovin Teris · Post by **Lovin Teris** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:23 pm

Actually I think it's the other way round. You recorded a mono source to a stereo track and now you want it centered. No?

Try inserting a Utility with zero width.

Or are you really trying to do the impossible?

hitechfunk · Post by **hitechfunk** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:27 pm

no i recorded it in mono and it needs to be in stereo . is this not possible ?

Affiliation · Post by **Affiliation** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:03 pm

if you need the actual .wav file to be stereo you could use soundforge channel converter. or with live you could simply render with no fx. The rendered output will be your stereo .wav. I dont really see why you would want to do this anyway since all clips are treated as stereo nomatter what they are. Just insert pretty much any stereo fx like phaser, auto filter, chorus...etc on your mono clip and the output will be stereo.

Lovin Teris · Post by **Lovin Teris** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:43 pm

(Tries to lose arrogant posture)
OK. What, apart from being mono, is the matter with the original recording? If it's really mono, it can't be converted to stereo in any relevant sense. As the other poster says, you can still do stereo things to it in Live. Or pan it. Or anything.

My original post hinted at a misunderstanding of mono and stereo. Sorry if it sounded crude.

theque · Post by **theque** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:04 pm

also i be surprised if your mic is stereo. most are mono. sitll you cant make it stereo now so don't worry.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:15 pm

Sounds like the inputs were set to "1/2", and the mic only used the left channel ("mono"), so that there is only sound in one channel.

In that case (and in so many others) the utility plugin is your friend.

bgone · Post by **bgone** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:20 am

Couldn't you also just put the mono wave file on two seperate audio tracks and pan them left and right accordingly?

philipbarrett · Post by **philipbarrett** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:27 am

bgone wrote:Couldn't you also just put the mono wave file on two seperate audio tracks and pan them left and right accordingly?

2 identical, aligned mono tracks hard panned L + R will still be mono to your ears. Is the problem that he only hears the vocal out of one side (per Machinate), otherwise I don't get what the issue is?

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:38 am

hitechfunk wrote:no i recorded it in mono and it needs to be in stereo . is this not possible ?

Record another vocal on another track for a total of 2 vocal takes. Pan one to the left and the other to the right.

Viola, stereo vocals