EmV Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi, when I am bouncing a whole track to MP3 it is sounding in Mono. Please can someone tell me what to do for fixing this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Make sure your Master track isn't set to mono. First try going to "file" / Export /Audio /Mp3 as file type. Make sure "mono" is not chosen in the export dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmV Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi Mark thanks for your reply, I checked as you suggested and it is everything ok. Now I noticed and more confused that all the previous songs are all in mono as well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Welcome to the forum. Do you mean the same sound is coming out both speakers, or all the sound is coming out of one side? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmV Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi Human, When I bounce all tracks and listen to the bounced track as an mp3 in Cakewalk it sounds good. But when I export it and listen to it in a media player, it sounds Mono. Yes the same sound is coming out on both speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Can you show your export options? Is that Windows Media Player? Check that there are no 'enhancements' for WMP audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Import your mp3 into a Cakewalk project and listen to it. Is it still mono? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmV Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 hours ago, bitflipper said: Import your mp3 into a Cakewalk project and listen to it. Is it still mono? I imported an mp3 into a Cakewalk project and in Cakewalk it sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmV Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 hours ago, 57Gregy said: Can you show your export options? Is that Windows Media Player? Check that there are no 'enhancements' for WMP audio. I tried in Windows Media Player and in Groove Music. I think the problem is not Cakewalk, because old songs that had no problem, now are mono too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The problem is not with the OP's routing or export options. He's already determined that it's stereo, by playing the MP3 in Cakewalk. The problem is therefore in the playback software. I suspect that all MP3s lose their width, not just ones EmV created. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 It could be the panning in the audio interface. Last week I thought everything sounded a bit narrow, and it turned out I'd switched off the stereo link for the DAW output within Scarlett Mix Control, and both channels were panned dead centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott E Miller Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Did you solve this?? I am having the same problem, all of a sudden from out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 You should start your own thread. The OP for this thread disappeared from here in December 2021. I doubt he'll answer. So please start a new thread and supply details of what you are trying to do and how. The more details the faster the solution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Björn Börnstedt Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Had the exact same problem (cakewalk in stereo but playing back exports in any media player was in mono) and embarrassedly found my solutions here. Just in case someone else .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) That’s actually not a solution to the original problem because then Cakewalk would have been in mono as well. Very few audio interfaces must have that option. Sort of a handy thing if you want to proof a mix in mono. But you are correct that when this happens first place to look is any audio settings be it an interface control panel or in Windows sound settings. A quick visit to the speaker icon in the system tray. Edited September 3, 2023 by JohnnyV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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