simple channel mixing question

[electricabanana]

this is a very simple question, but i think it will be a quick answer for someone who knows cubase well. simpler than me poring over the documentation for hours.

just wondering how to edit left or right channels individually for stereo tracks. for example, i tracked a guitar a LITTLE louder in one mic than the other and want to make them equal...i can get around not knowing how by adjusting overall gain and the panning....but this is a silly way to solve an easy problem.

what am i missing?

the gain and envelope controls dont seem to allow you to isolate stereo channels, and i cant figure out how to select a channel individually.....

yes i am asking dumb questions, feel free to hurl insults and rotten tomatoes at my newbie ass.

[electricabanana]

anyone?

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[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by electricabanana

the gain and envelope controls dont seem to allow you to isolate stereo channels, and i cant figure out how to select a channel individually.....

What do you mean? Did you record each mic to its own track?

[Halion]

This is something that would logically have a very simple answer, but it's actually a bit more complicated. Cubase doesn't allow you to simply split the file up into 2 mono channels. What you can do however, is copy the stereo file, and then right-click the clip -> audio (or process, I think) -> Switch left to right (or something like that). Now you will see a menu that will allow you to duplicate one side of the stereo track onto the other side, effectively making it mono. Do this to both tracks, pan them hard left and right and your set.

On a side note, this is why I never, ever, EVER record stereo tracks in cubase. Always record multiple mono tracks and pan them later. Just because it's so much easier to process. I only use stereo tracks if I'm using stereo samples.

[VSpaceBoy]

Or you can solo the track, export the audio, then in the export screen choose: Save as WAV, Split stereo, and save into track.

Doing it this way will be distructive to your tracks meaning it will "process them" with whatever sends/inserts, EQ. So if you don't want that to happen then make sure to turn everything off.

Next time for something like that, just record them on two seperate mono tracks, pan them hard, and then send them to a group for "stereo" processing.

[electricabanana]

thanks...and yes i realize the error in my ways. recording mono X 2 is far easier. but at least now i can make this work. i knew it wasnt worth retracking everything.

there is nothing more frustrating than knowing what you want to do, knowing the program can do it, but not knowing how to actually accomplish it. now i feel much happier.