Going from mono to stereo track

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I'm using two mics to record a guitar cab. One mic is for the left channel and one for the right. Once I have recorded each mic as mono (Sound coming out from either the left or right speaker), how can I make the mono recorded track into stereo?
 
Solo the two tracks and bounce to a single stereo track, although I can't think of why you might need to do this. You can simply keep them as two separate mono tracks and get the same result.
 
You do know that two mics on one cabinet wont "sound" stereo.

You'll have the exact same sound coming from both speakers.

You'll need to change one or both tracks. Reverb on one, move one back a few milliseconds etc...
 
My mic pre has two outputs. Each output for a seperate mic. The outputs on the mic pre go into the sound card's left and right input. That means I have a stereo track on sonar with mic1 on the left and mic2 on the right. I am trying to get mic1's sound to come out of the left and right and also the mic2 sound to come out of the left and right as well.
 
You should be able to pan both tracks in the center on the mixer.

That'll make both tracks come from both speakers.
 
There's only 1 track. The track has mic1 on the left and mic2 on the right. I want to hear both mics on both left and right channels.
 
Ah. Got you now. But I dont know a lot about stereo tracks. Sorry cant help.

I think it would have been easier to record to 2 seperate tracks. Then its just a matter of panning.
 
Dude, you're not explaining yourself very well.

You can do what you want to do by solo'ing the track, the choose bounce to tracks, and select "Mix stereo content to mono."

I'm, however, still clueless as to what you're tryng to accomplish here.
 
Why would you bounce that to a mono file?

Just curious? I would keep them as separate tracks.
 
Myriad_Rocker said:
Why would you bounce that to a mono file?

Just curious? I would keep them as separate tracks.
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If I understand him correctly, they are not separate tracks. Just a single stereo track.

You could, however, convert them to two mono tracks by bouncing the track and choosing Mix to Separate Left and Right Tracks - or to a single mono track as I described above.

The correct path, grasshopper, depends on where you want to go to. :)
 
DarkCide said:
My mic pre has two outputs. Each output for a seperate mic. The outputs on the mic pre go into the sound card's left and right input. That means I have a stereo track on sonar with mic1 on the left and mic2 on the right. I am trying to get mic1's sound to come out of the left and right and also the mic2 sound to come out of the left and right as well.
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I would suggest recording each mic to a seperate mono track from this point on.
 
acidrock said:
I would suggest recording each mic to a seperate mono track from this point on.
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Yeah. Send each signal to a mono track, and pan that track center, then you'll have each signal coming out of both L & R.

Unless your guitar cab has two speakers, you're not recording in stereo, you're just using two mics to capture your a mono source (amp), which is a totally normal thing to do, so you should just record each mic to a mono track, and then you can pan each of them where you want (full center, hard left, hard right, or anywhere in between).
 
i see what your trying to do........assuming you have a anolog mixer and its running into your soundcard, then into your DAW computer.......

run one mic into channel 1 on the analog mixer, and pan it hard left. run mic 2 from the differnt speaker/cab into analog mixer channel 2....and pann that hard right.

use a stereo output from your analog mixer, and feed it into a stereo input in your sound card. if you only have one input in your soundcard,...youll have to get a "Y" cable that has 2 mono ends.....and a single stereo end on the other end of the cable. feed the 2 mono ends into the output of your analog mixer, and send that signal into the single stereo end into your computers soundcard.

ya with me so far? good.

once this is done.......record your clip/sound. now.....in your DAW software......look at your track. it should be a stereo signal track. if it is..........when you pann it in your comuters DAW, hard left will give you the one mic, hard right will give you the other mic, panned center will be a blend of both mics equaly.
 
I don't have a mixer. I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card with a left and right input. How do you record into a mono track?

When I choose the input for the track, I see LEFT M-Audio AP 1/2, RIGHT M-Audio AP 1/2 and STEREO M-Audio AP 1/2. No mention of mono!
 
ok......now that i know the card you have.....

plug one mic into one input of you card, and the other mic in the other input of your card.

in your computer , select the input for the track as "Stereo Ap 1/2"....which im assuming means both inputs from your soundcard are being proccessed into your computer.

now that that is done, when you look at your stereo track, try panning it left and right. When you pann far to one side, it should be only giving you just one mic'ed sound from one speaker, and then move the pann button to the other side......it should only play what the other mic'ed speaker was capturing. panning it in the center should be the sound of both mics from the 2 differnt speakers.
 
DO NOT PICK STEREO ANYTHING!

Pick Left maudio1/2 and assign to a mono track.
Pick right maudio 1/2 and assign to a mono track
pan your tracks however you please.
 
acidrock said:
DO NOT PICK STEREO ANYTHING!

Pick Left maudio1/2 and assign to a mono track.
Pick right maudio 1/2 and assign to a mono track
pan your tracks however you please.
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but doent this defeat the purpose of what he is trying to do? i may be wrong but...i think he is trying to do this with only have to create one single track, and not 2 mono tracks.

i may be wrong.....he should clarify a bit more to see what he is trying to accomplish
 
bryank said:
but doent this defeat the purpose of what he is trying to do? i may be wrong but...i think he is trying to do this with only have to create one single track, and not 2 mono tracks.

i may be wrong.....he should clarify a bit more to see what he is trying to accomplish
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His original post said he ALREADY HAS a stereo track. You guys are giving him advice on how to record, but his question relates to a track he already recorded.

According to his post he has a existing stereo track with one mic on the left track and the other on the right. He wants to pan both center, rather than one left and one right.

This is quite easy to do by simply bouncing the stereo track and choosing "Mix to Separate Left and Right Tracks." This will give him two mono tracks which can both be panned center (or panned any other way his little heart desires).

For the future, as has already been suggested by acidrock and others, this step can be eliminated by simply recording them as two mono tracks to begin with. There is no advantage here to recording in stereo, as it will take up just as much disc storage space, and will be difficult to pan differently (as he found out). The two mono tracks will also allow him to eq each differently if desired, or to use different FX on each.
 
You can do what the others have said, but for an even simpler method, get this stereo mixer plugin from Pacific Soundcraft.

http://pacificsoundcraft.com/software/directx/stereomixer/

I use it in Sonar. You pop it in the effects bin of a stereo track, and you have independant panning and gain controls for each side. I use this plugin often when I want to put 2 mics on a guitar cab but I want to put them on a stereo track so my tracks are easier to keep up with.

You can also use it for narrowing a stereo image, swapping sides, or anything like that.
 
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