How to make a stereo track from mono?

[tdehan]

I've recorded some acoustic guitar tracks into Calkwalk using my condenser microphone through my UMC404HD interface.  Plugging the mic into INPUT 1 will record the track to the left.  Plugging into INPUT 2 will record the track to the right.  Is there a way to get the track on both the left and right (stereo)?

[RBH]

It wouldn't be an actual stereo track - but you can bounce to track and change the interleave in a couple of different ways. Your track inputs should allow you to choose left - right or stereo. You are likely selecting stereo input on the track input - and it's trying to record a stereo track. If you select either input 1 or input 2 related to which input you're actually using - it should record a mono track.

[LarsF]

Recording is already covered by RBH.

Just route these panned hard left and right later to a bus, or group faders on the two routed to master.

If you want to fix a stereo from it once done, you probably can route to aux track and re-record as stereo track if you prefer.

[Chaps]

You can right-click a mono audio clip and select Convert to Stereo. That will change a mono clip to a stereo clip with the same audio on both left and right channels.

 

Edited June 18, 2020 by Chappel

[tdehan]

On 6/17/2020 at 4:16 PM, RBH said:

It wouldn't be an actual stereo track - but you can bounce to track and change the interleave in a couple of different ways. Your track inputs should allow you to choose left - right or stereo. You are likely selecting stereo input on the track input - and it's trying to record a stereo track. If you select either input 1 or input 2 related to which input you're actually using - it should record a mono track.

ah... ok, I will try that.

[Jack Emily]

I figured it out. In the panel of the far left, there are buttons in a row along the top. The second button from the right should be labeled, 'Show/Hide Track Properties.' Click this button, and just above where the pan settings are, you should see a button which, when you hover the mouse pointer over it, will say, 'Interleave = Stereo.' Click that, and the selected track will play in stereo.

[KSband]

If you select only input one, not one and two, it come out centered in stereo. If you have one and two selected and only plug into one side it will just be on that side.

[mark skinner]

tdehan , If you want the mono track to actually "sound" like a stereo track , check out "converting any mono track to stereo" in the tutorials section. I rececntly tried it with Fantastic results.      ms

[mettelus]

If a source is mono (e.g., a microphone), there is no "stereo" to it, so recording it as mono is the proper route (and leaving it as such). For an individual track, the (stereo) interleave, (stereo) FX used on that mono track, panning, etc., and sending to a stereo bus (default) is where the "stereo" comes from (and how to mix it into the entire piece). @bitflipper posted one of the best posts ever over 11 years ago on the old forums regarding this, so it is definitely worth a read if interested. Bottom line, the raw audio is mono (from a single-point recording source), and best left that way; how it is incorporated into a stereo mix is what is important and should be understood.

[57Gregy]

9 hours ago, mettelus said:

If a source is mono (e.g., a microphone), there is no "stereo" to it, so recording it as mono is the proper route (and leaving it as such). For an individual track, the (stereo) interleave, (stereo) FX used on that mono track, panning, etc., and sending to a stereo bus (default) is where the "stereo" comes from (and how to mix it into the entire piece). @bitflipper posted one of the best posts ever over 11 years ago on the old forums regarding this, so it is definitely worth a read if interested. Bottom line, the raw audio is mono (from a single-point recording source), and best left that way; how it is incorporated into a stereo mix is what is important and should be understood.

Even 5 years later.