Re: Cutting stereo in two



(katarzynka.j@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
Hi there,

I have a short audio file in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care. I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

It would be one channel, but it wouldn't be "mono". If you remove
one channel, you remove the contents of that channel. Stereo is not
sending the same signal to two speakers, it's creating an actual spatial
feel to the sound by selectively directing different sounds to different
speakers.

What goes where depends on the recording. IN some, one channel might
result in most of the sound, but a relatively weak vocal track (or
maybe none at all). In others, you might be missing some of the
instruments, or at least they'd be severely reduced in volume
compared to the rest. Or, really neat sound effects, such as
two guitars "battling" each other, one in each channel, would turn
into nonsense since you'd only hear part of it.

Michael
.



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