Stereo Interleaved and stereo split?

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What is the dif. between the 2 when it comes down to saving a mixed project?
 
Stereo split will save two different files. One for left, one for right. For the life of me, I've never figured out a reason for doing this.
 
ryanlikestorock said:
Stereo split will save two different files. One for left, one for right. For the life of me, I've never figured out a reason for doing this.
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I can't either. And the funny thing is, before I understood my software, I was taking only one file (either just the left or right channel) from a stereo split and burning just that file to cd. I couldn't understand why all my mixes sounded mono and things that were hard panned sounded strange.
 
The reason they do that is so you can send one side of your mix to one of your monitors and the other to the other monitor. Hence, stereo.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. :D
 
I use the stereo split when I recieve files from other people. They send me a wav file with the click on one side and the instrument on the other. That way I can line them up with the rest of the music.
I also use it when I mix to stems. Some programs don't support stereo tracks so I send them as split tracks. That way anyone can put the files in anything and it will work.
 
I also had to send in my final mixes to a mastering house in Stereo Split or as he put it (dual mono)I assume it was so that he could process the 2 seperately and then recombine them
 
peopleperson said:
The reason they do that is so you can send one side of your mix to one of your monitors and the other to the other monitor. Hence, stereo.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. :D
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Don't try this without running a SMPTE cable between your video monitors. :D
 
I just used stereo split when mixing down some tracks to take to a different studio. I had miced a cello with a couple of mics and I wanted to keep each track separate for future flexilibity, but I wanted to do a bit of processing and editing, so I did a mix down to stereo split with the two tracks hard panned. Now I have all the editing perfected on one wav file, but the tracks are still separate.
 
ryanlikestorock said:
Stereo split will save two different files. One for left, one for right. For the life of me, I've never figured out a reason for doing this.
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I have used this not for final mixdowns, but when bouncing some tracks (for example a VSTi output), so I can then process them differently and have a layered composit. This is specially useful for things such as basses, where I'll leave one untreated, and the other hi-passed, slightly distorted and mixed in lower, just to bring it into focus.
 
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