BenignVanilla
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How do YOU use the stereo/mono buttons? I tend to leave everything set to stereo on all tracks. I am wondering if I am missing some greater purpose here.
If you are using stereo tracks, you use the stereo button
If you are using mono tracks, you set it to mono.
I can't get my feeble head around it. I've read one conflicting answer after another on the net
Yep. Basically leave it 'stereo, unless you're forcing to mono. Mono tracks stay mono +/- stereo plugs etc. The track paths, busses etc are all stereo' (dual path?) by default regardless of a track file being mono.Not always.
In Sonar (like most DAWs) you can have both mono and stereo audio on the tracks, however next to the pan slider on each track there is also a mono/stereo button. This affects how the track is sent to the next step in its routing (bus, master bus, etc).
Obviously if you have stereo audio you'll want to keep it in stereo, but also if you are using stereo plugins on mono tracks such as reverb you'll also want it set to stereo as otherwise the reverb will be collapsed to mono.
So even if you have mono audio, doesn't mean you have to have the tracks set to mono. It does no harm having them set to stereo, so I would just carry on doing what you're doing. I've been caught out before wondering why the stereo reverb on a track was coming out in mono, and it took me a while to realise it was those damn buttons
how much do i've to shift the pich of duplicate vocal tracks to sound like a stereo?
is it wrong to keep the stereo/ mono button in sonar always at the stereo mode, even if i'm recording vocals with a mono mic?
how much do i've to shift the pich of duplicate vocal tracks to sound like a stereo?