select the track in question and use the split into mono option, it may be found either by right clicking on the track (VO+Shift+M) or by looking under the different menus to find it, don't remember where it is.
On Jun 23, 2012, at 7:12 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK. How do I split a stereo track into two monos? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Oreo Monster" > <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> > To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: Balancing channels > > > There is no way to match the gain knob other than using your ears really. You > can record with the gain all the way down so u know they are even and use a > gain plug in in PT to bring the level up evenly. Also you can split your > stereo track into two mono track and pan then hard right and hard left and > that way you will have a meter for each side. Also you can record to two mono > tracks panned hard left and right instead of a stereo track as well. > > On Jun 21, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> OK, this might be a P T question, but it may be more a recording gear >> question in general, so I apologise. I don't have the skill to know either >> way. >> >> Basically though, here's the deal, and if someone can offer me on or off >> list some techniques to work with this, that would really! be appreciated! >> OK, so here's the deal. On my audio interface, I have 4 inputs. 1/2, and >> 3/4. Basically, what it amounts to is, these are all mono channels. So, in >> other words, 1 and 3 are the left channel, and 2 and 4 are the right >> channel. I hope that makes sense. It definitely should. Because of this, >> The only way, to have only one of those channels sent down the pipeline for >> lack of better word, to my DAW, which of corse, is ProTools, yet come >> through both left/right channel, is to create a mono audio track. >> Otherwise, if I try recording something from input 1 as a stereo track, even >> if my ProTools pan dials both are set 50/50, or in other words, >> center/center, I'm only gonna get signal from the left channel. Hince, same >> other way, if I record something isolated on say, input 2, because input 2 >> on my interface only is for the right channel, remember: 1/3=left. >> 2/4=right. So, if I record isolated on channel 2, again, unless I'm doing >> it as a mono track, we'll only get sound on the right channel. BTW, nope. >> No pan dials on the actual interface. That's all done through the DAW. So, >> with all this said, here is my question. I have a quarter inch cord which >> is running from the stereo headphone jack of my keyboard, to the other end >> which is split into a mono y on the patch cord, so I can plug into the >> interface's 3, and 4. the thing is, now, I have to turn up the gain on the >> interface on both channel 3 and channel 4 to get a signal on both the left >> and right channel when doing a stereo track. OK, so my question is, this >> means each gain knob on my interface is seperet. in other words, the 3 dial >> controls just that, only input 3 which is only the left channel, whilst 4 >> controls the gain/input level only for the right channel. So, essentially, >> I could have input 3 on left way up, while input 4 on right way down. Or, >> vice versa. You probably already have foreshadowed where i'm going with >> this question, haven't ya. Basically, in a situation like this, how do I >> know that both input gain dials are set equally? I don't wanna have more >> signal ump on my left channel than the right channel. Yeah, you can move >> the pan dials in P T, but remember, that only is the output sound after the >> audio has been recorded. Same goes with the volume slider on each track in >> ProTools. That only controls your output, not the input. So with that >> said, how can I snap both the inputs to the same gain level on my interface. >> NO, there is not a feature on the interface to have it do this >> automatically. Is it just gonna be a matter of listenning, paying real real >> real! close attention, and guessing, or what? Also, with a stereo track, I >> noticed in P T, I still only seem to be getting one meter showing per track. >> I guess that is the meter over all for both left and right channel. I'm >> saying this is the case both in a stereo or! a mono track, that I only see >> one meter. Can I make it where if it's a stereo track, I can see two >> meters? One for left, and one for right? This way i have a bit more >> control over how much level is going where? >> >> Chris. >
