Splitting a stereo track into 2 mono tracks
Aloha all!
Extensive internet searching has lead me to believe that Garageband cannot take a single stereo track and split it into 2 mono tracks. Every solution to "how do I do this" involves exporting the track to another piece of software, performing the separation there, then re-importing the new files into GB.
My question is to the Apple desighers: Why doesn't Garageband have such a simple, and commonly-needed, ability?
People have been asking this question since iLife '04, if not before. It's something that genuinely criples Garageband as an audio production tool. I work with a college radio station, and we use Garageband for most of our audio production, mainly because it's easy enough for non-techie people to understand. However, when often send people out to do interviews armed with digital recorders, and get back stereo files with one mic on the left channel and the other on the right. Havng to wash those files through something else before using them in grageband really, really negates the whole "keep it simple" premise we try to operate under.
So, please, listen to the feedback you've been getting since day 1.