tbhewitt Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I've recently been receiving stems from a songwriter that are all stereo audio tracks. Unless it's an actual stereo recording, I've been bouncing these to mono before I start mixing. Is this something that you guys do, or do you deal with the stereo tracks? In a related question, if I put a stereo version of a plug-in on the track and then bounce this to mono, will that plug-in work correctly or should I replace it with the mono version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 is it a true stereo track, with different info across the soundfield? or mono recordings, bounced to stereo. i get those all the time from collabs, usually mono vocal recordings. you can make the channel strip mono... and just get on with it. no need to go thru all those steps. IF it's a mono recording... as far as effects... if it's, for example, a stereo reverb, then bouncing to mono would screw that up. but really, use the files you have, and dive into the real work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhewitt Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 If it's a real stereo recording then I'll keep it stereo of course. When it's a mono recording bounced to stereo I've been bouncing in place back to mono first. The last project I received 48 stems and only 8 were real stereo recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Set the Channel Strip to mono. Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facej Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 If you really need to "fix" them easily? $50 for SteroMonoizer at https://www.soundizers.com of course when you send them back and they do some work they'll probably come back in stereo again like @fuzzfilth says...Set the Channel Strip to mono... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhewitt Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 If you really need to "fix" them easily? $50 for SteroMonoizer Why would you post this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Set the Channel Strip to mono. Done. this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhewitt Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Set the Channel Strip to mono. Done. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facej Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 If you really need to "fix" them easily? $50 for SteroMonoizer Why would you post this? Why would I post a link to a software tool that will "fix" audio files in a quick and useful way? Feed it a folder of 100 files, define a couple of rules, push the button and the proper format of audio is there. Edit - the tool is StereoMonoizer - it can determine if a stereo file is really mono, and make it mono if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Set the Channel Strip to mono. Done. Thank you you're welcome (since i answered this first ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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