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I dropped a wav (stereo) file into ableton live it made 1 track and I can see two lines of audio
how do I
Split this WAV Stereo track (in Ableton) into 2 mono tracks

or how to import into Ableton as 2 tracks

thanks

To properly split it into two mono (L and R) files you need to do it outside of Live as Live doesn't offer this option.
If you don't mind it being a stereo file then you can use Utility to only listen to the L or R side.

I have SOLVED this problem in hardware.

My RME Fireface UFX (and TotalMix FX software) have a Loopback fuction ..

this allows me to take the LEFT out of a Stereo Wav (1) in Ableton (a stereo track panned to the LEFT ) as INPUT to 3
and allows me to take the RIGHT out of a Stereo Wav (2) (on a duplicate Ableton track panned to the RIGHT ) as INPUT to 4

now have have 2 tracks in ableton live with 3 as the LEFt and 4 as the RIGHT and I can edit them separately which was the goal.

What a convoluted solution!

not really, it just a button press and set the panning as you'd have to do in any case

I think what he means is you don't have to route outside Live, you could just duplicate the track with the stereo file and use Utility - or route within Live and use Utility - the external loopback is superfluous (and adds a full duplex worth of latency).


It's still bloody convoluted, mind you . . . just slightly less sub-optimal.