Mono problem

[EmV]

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?

[mark skinner]

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.

[EmV]

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!! 

[57Gregy]

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?

[EmV]

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.

[57Gregy]

Can you show your export options? 
Is that Windows Media Player? Check that there are no 'enhancements' for WMP audio.

[bitflipper]

Import your mp3 into a Cakewalk project and listen to it. Is it still mono? 

[EmV]

 

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.

[EmV]

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!

[bitflipper]

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. 

[msmcleod]

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.
 

[Scott E Miller]

Did you solve this??  I am having the same problem, all of a sudden from out of nowhere.  

[John Vere]

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. 

[Björn Börnstedt]

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  ....

[John Vere]

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