Making Stereo Into Mono In FCP7

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Making Stereo Into Mono In FCP7

I have a clib that we inadvertently recorded 1 channel audo CH 1 and want to duplicate the track on CH1 to CH2. In our former Avid I simply unattached the two tracks to make them two single tracks via properties then copied CH1 and pasted it to CH2 and both tracks were now the same and thus stero channels with the same mono track OR I could simply open the track in the Audio editor by double clicking the audio track then under the properties tab just select MONO and both tracks blend into one that now is in both CH1 and CH2 and thus MONO source into stereo output.

Is there a way to do something similar in Final Cut Pro 7 ?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 10, 2011 5:54 PM

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Answer 1

Studio X

Level 7

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Nov 10, 2011 6:06 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

2 tracks of the same mono audio with one panned left and one panned right is not stereo. It is dual mono. You get exactly the same thing by panning one track to center.

Take your one track of mono audio and pan it to center. You will now have it playing equally out of each side of a stereo pair.

If you have dual mono (two channels with each recorded by a separate mic so they have differnent audio qualities) mascarading as stereo input, unlink them as a stereo pair and pan each channel to center.

Cheers,

x

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Penn-Ohio Author

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Nov 10, 2011 6:27 PM in response to Studio X

Thanks for the the response. How do I do that? What I have is a MONO recording in CH1 and NOTHING in CH2 and what I want for the output is MONO from CH1 to be playing in CH1 and CH1. How do I do that?

I think I figured it out. Opened the clip in the editor by double clicking it. Then grabbed the pan and moved it to "0" and it seems to be reporting the same audio level in both tracks CH1 and CH2.

Thanks so kindly for the wonderful help. I've always wondered how to do that and was sure I didn't have to keep exporting the audio track and work on it in an audio editor. You get the credit :-)

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Meg The Dog

Level 6

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Nov 10, 2011 6:25 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

Click on the audio clip on the timeline. Once it is selected go to the menu Modify > Audio > Pan Center.

MtD

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Penn-Ohio Author

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Nov 10, 2011 6:30 PM in response to Meg The Dog

Thanks also "Meg The Dog" (hmmmmm seems disrespectful sorry) had already clicked the resolved button as that was a simple quick fix. Gave you a "helpful" click anywho :-) Thanks Meg :-)

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Answer 5

Studio X

Level 7

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Nov 10, 2011 6:30 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

If Ch1 and Ch 2 are linked as a stereo pair you need to change the way FCP sees them to dual mono

Select Ch1 and if Ch 2 also highlights use: Modify>Stereo Pair

This is a toggle. If they are linked they they will now be dual mono.

Double click on Ch 1 to load it into the Viewer. Look at the Pan slider. It should be set to 0 (center)

If it isn't at zero, change it to zero. The audio will now play out of both sides of a stereo setup.

x

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