the graphic image of a wave file . . .?

[gullyjewelz]

i tried somethin new (by accident) yesterday

i recorded one take as a "single" recording. that is, when i clicked the rec. button, the rec. action said "rec. on 1 channel" and the graphic image was one single "wave" like this: http://www.stefanbion.de/evpmaker/image7.gif

the second time i recorded, i had what i consider a normal rec. file; the grpahic image was "Dual" one up and one down"

like this: http://www.blazeaudio.com/howto/images/original file.jpg
does this make any sense?

the question is: is one better than the other?

 

[Autist]

Sounds like, from your description, the one with the "single" image is mono, the "dual" one, stereo.

 

[Autist]

After seeing the images...

Yes, one is mono, one is stereo (a "graphic" for each channel (L/R)).

 

[MadAudio]

Autist is correct.

And one is not "better" than the other one. But if you're recording a mono source to a stereo file, then you are only wasting hard drive space. A stereo file of a mono source will be twice as big as a mono file of the same source.