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Studio One can run mono processing on a stereo track. It also allows you to change a track from mono to stereo or Vic versa by clicking a single button.
Honestly Never had problems with mono vs stereo tracks in any DAW except for pro tools
Studio one is the goat
yeah and if the stereo wave file bothers you on the timeline, just click the mono button and ctrl, alt, b and there you go it now looks like a mono track. Studio one makes things so much easier, i dont know why people still use protools
@@brucemorgan94 People still use pro tools at a professional level because it has been baked into the industry for more than 30 years. I’ve yet to walk into a professional commercial facility and see Studio one as the only DAW available (I haven’t seen it as even an option at all in my career in a commercial or semi pro facility.) The ubiquity, whether we like it or not, means accessibility and also marketability. If one were to try to open a facility that was not private, and trying to market to freelance/outside engineers, and only use Studio One or Logic or Ableton or Reaper as the only DAW, they would not have nearly as much work walking through their facility as a facility that had Pro Tools.
@@brucemorgan94 you just changed my life. I knew about changing them to mono but didn't know I could change the waveform 🫡
Facts studio one is goated lol
Just use Nuendo or Cubase 13. You can convert a stereo track to mono with 1 click
Same with Logic
That’s awesome. It has it built-in! However, I am happily on ProTools for the foreseeable future
@@ColtCapperrune Try it. Haven't missed pro tools
@@AtTheSourceStudios i’ve actually done full videos on this topic. Literally every single studio I work with, which is many per week, all run protocols. Every song I get to mix from a large established artist is a pro tool session. There’s zero chance I’m going to switch. I’m glad it works for you though!
@@ColtCapperrune Same here. It's not that we are protools fan boys. It's just still the standard in the professional environment. Fortunately unfortunate.
Studio One, the DAW I use, has this built in as a feature. When you're ready to export your stems or tracks you have the option to choose to export in stereo or mono.
❤ Studio One!
Excellent demonstration and great product suggestion. Thank you for taking the time to share this.
Thanks for watching!
Wowww the amount of time this is going save me. Thanks for making a video about this, buying it now!
You’re the man! Love the vids! Been watching for years at this point.
Hope it helps!
Ohhhh man this is much needed!! Golden! Thanks for the share
Not to be that “reaper guy”, but I use a free script that’s mapped to a function key on my keyboard that analyzes any selected audio clips to see if it’s stereo according to a threshold of “difference” you set and instantly sums to mono for you in two clicks. Total game changer!
Glad you made a video on this! I’ve been using this software for years and it has saved me countless hours! Probably the best $50 I’ve ever spent on a piece of software!
I love this app, been using it for a couple years now! Definitely one of my favorite/essential pieces of software
Handbreak is a free open source software that can do this for free. It's a video conversion tool, but it has an audio tab that you could use instead
Thank you! I'll give it a shot
nice one Colt!!! Def a major cure for headache and poking out me eyeballs sorting WONKY STEMS!!
This is just what I needed today.
Nice tip! Thanks Colt!
I definitely can't believe I wasn't aware of this software. I truly believe mono files should not be processed using stereo processes but some say there is no difference other than the CPU power you save. Maybe they are right, maybe they aren't. But from now on I never have to think about it again lol. THANK YOU!
I have been using Stereo Monizer for a few years now. Great software!
Great video! I stumbled across this a few years ago. Love it. Sorry I forgot to tell you 😂
I thought this was a little silly, since you can just use a apple script/automation on a folder to convert stereo to mono, but then I realized it actually scans each track to see if they are actually supposed to be mono.
how does it know if they are supposed to be mono?
@@alexbreyer6921 probably by reading the file and noticing that both channels features the exact same content.
I just listen.
@@danzirvine This - but it's also smart enough to know whether it's the same content, but louder in one channel. Like it might be panned 50% to the left but it's the same thing on both sides. It's only stereo when it's different between the channels, aside from pure volume.
@@hinder10709 Yep that works. As does putting a correlation meter over the track to check visually. But as Colt says, over a huge mix of 100 tracks, that takes a LONG TIME. This things sorts it out in less than a minute.
I’m confused. In protools there’s the split stereo tracks to mono function. Did I miss something?
Oh mate! Thank you for sharing this. Unnecessary stereo tracks is my number 1 bugbear! Off to grab that!
Glad it helped! It’s a real game changer for those of us thatneed it!
@@ColtCapperrune It's been too long! I'm grabbing it!
This is awesome. So over getting logic sessions and everything is stereo. Will have to get this.
Same in Studio One (the team behind Nuendo before starting their own) - one click in the Arranger window and it’s a mono track. I only use PT & Logic for external projects now.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
in reaper all you have to do is right click the waveform and choose the left channel for item source.
Sides are for depth of field and time based effects. My vocals live around 90hz up to around 9k. Being that I use the higher octaves for mainly air and space. Always mono. Always cuts through. Up to about 17k. It shines and flows. Can't believe people are sending stereo stems for anything but keys and or pads etc..those belong on the sides and I normally pan softly to keep space around the mix
Unfortunately, the vast majority of people don’t know to select mono summed during their export. And I’m thinking some DAW don’t even allow it.
very useful, thanks!
Sonar also converts both ways by right clicking on a clip and choosing convert to mono or stereo. I often get stereo vocals that were recorded mid-side and I’d be in trouble if I converted em to mono thinking it’s just a vocal so they can be mono, something to remember to check for before converting. Mid-side Vox actually sound great for big,full, immersive vocals that have zero phase issues. When converting to mono from stereo, the track will end up 3 dB louder due to summing the two channels, however you can turn off that feature in preferences if you want the level to remain the same.
Hi Colt - always love your videos, been a subscriber for a few years now. Quick question on the links - if I use one of the links, does my Sweetwater sales rep still get the credit? I've had a good relationship with him for a few years now and I wouldn't want to cut him out of the loop for commissions/bonuses. Thanks.
Hey, thanks so much! Yes, any purchase you make automatically gets routed through your sales engineer, regardless of how you make the purchase. If you click on one of my links that takes you to the website, there is a tracker or a cookie that just lets Sweetwater know you came from one of my links. But the order is still processed through your sales Engineer, appreciate you checking!
@@ColtCapperrune Thanks for the clarification. The next time I make a purchase, I'll do it through one of your links. Keep up the good work.
This is built in the DAW I use (Cakewalk). But, I can say this option seems very helpful. Especially doing in some situations to speed up workflow
Nashville needs to cut the pro tools bs. Y’all are getting absolutely ripped off.
awesome!
I never comment on shit but it's CRAZY how many of you guys are completely missing the point while simultaneously acting like know it alls- talking about how "studio one/reaper etc does this in one click" when like, no they don't. They sum to mono with one click, which is a completely different thing. It's super easy to sum to mono regardless of your DAW. What this does automatically is the time consuming, by ear process of actually determining if a stereo file has different content on the L and R tracks- making it truly stereo- or if it's just a mono track (identical L and R tracks) spread across 2 channels for no reason. It's a time saving tool regardless of what DAW you use
Summing to mono, when you know a track is mono (it's not difficult to hear or verify) is exactly what is needed to be done to halve the CPU usage in Studio One or Cubase for plugin processing. The point is that the whole chain becomes mono. So no, the comments are NOT crazy, they are sound. Got to love your arrogance and see you eat humble pie. Also, if you can't tell if a track is mono content yet a stereo file and you need a 3rd party piece of software to do it for you, then you are in the wrong business..
💯Amazing
Many people send "stereo" tracks out of ignorance. I noticed the trend to happen after the advent of Ableton Live. In that DAW everything is on two tracks, whether it's actually stereo or not. I understand why; it's to facilitate DJ'S who don't want to have to think about "mono or stereo?" on the fly. It makes sense, to me, in that context, but it's still annoying as heck.
Once you start charging for it, it no longer becomes annoying.
@@michaelgehringmusic8440that's why we charge by the hour babyyyy 😂😂😂
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Maybe, but I've also noticed in certain situations that Pro Tools tends to duplicate mono signals to L. R. tracks when metadata is embedded in the .Wav. It's huge PITA. As many have already said, Cubase, S1 and more can simply switch mono to stereo and back. I can't believe Pro Tools still can't do this.
Any tooltips are welcome, they come in handy when we need them but sometimes I forget about them so I have a favorites folder for them 👍🏼
Still one of my biggest complaints in Ableton! When I freeze and flatten a mono track it renders it in stereo. In their notes they say "it's been summed it's no different" blah blah. No! It is different and I don't want to look at a vocal as a freaking stereo wave form. Figure your life out Ableton lol, so annoying. Almost all other DAWs have a render in place option for mono. And for what it's worth Colt, tune out the idiots and negativity and don't give them the satisfaction of a response man. You are a genuine, positive dude and much appreciated. Hope all is well with you and your family.
I appreciate you very much!
This is your gentle reminder that while Ableton is a wonderful studio DAW, it’s absolutely first and foremost a live performance tool. I say this as a 15 year power-user of Ableton that mixes and masters with it daily.
There is the Down/Mixer (stereo to mono) plugin in Pro Tools, however, I convert to mono manually.
I feel like people really aren't picking up on why this is different than the downmixer plugin and what you can do in a DAW. Here's the magic sauce, when you see that this actually analyzes the audio and lets you know which files actually contain mono audio vs. stereo audio. th-cam.com/video/7jOiRCcxx04/w-d-xo.html
this is going to save me so much time holy shit
Awesome!!
You need a modern DAW then... this has been a standard button in Cubase, Logic, and Studio One for over a decade.
I send stereo tracks that are supposed to be mono to 1/2 or 9/10 on the Dangerous 2 Bus+
Nice! This is excellent!
Hope it helps!
@@ColtCapperrune so helpful man…Thank you!
THIS. IS. DOPE!!!! Thank you. autobuy
Awesome bit of software. I have to give it up to Presonus on this one. In Studio One you select the tracks you want to convert to mono and it then takes 3 clicks. No additional steps neccessary. Not bashing Pro Tools or anything but would it really be to much to ask of Avid to streamline and modernize some of the features and have stuff like this intergrated.
Does studio one automatically analyze whether or not a track is actually stereo or mono? Because that is the secret source of this. You don’t have to make the decision, it does it automatically.
@@ColtCapperrune No it doesn't bu there are far fewer steps to do it than what you showed in pro tools. No creating two mono tracks and then deleting one or whatever. It's awesome that this software automatically recognizes whether a track is actually mono or not. Just sayin' with all the hassle you had with this in the past as you said, I can definetly see how this saves you a lot of time and energy.
I know in the last video you were saying how much you love Pro Tools, but this is just a button on every track in Cubase. Easily convert to stereo to mono or vice verse with a single click in the native software.
I understand Pro Tools is the industry standard and I work in commercial studios that are married to it. Might be worth taking a step back and thinking about how much time you could save overall. Crazy to think how many hours you’ve spent in your life just making tracks mono.
I’m glad Chase works for so many people! However, for myself, every single studio I work with is on ProTools, which is many per week. And every song I get to mix from a more successful established artist, comes in the form of a ProTools session. I’m happily on ProTools for the foreseeable future
Also Pro tools has split to mono. If you right click the track. But you still have to delete the original track and the “left track” and then pan the right track to the center. Also you have to look or listen to which tracks are actually stereo. This will definitely save me time
Yeah in Logic you can click a button to switch a track from stereo to mono, as well. But that doesn't mean the track file is ACTUALLY mono. It's good to keep your ducks in a row like the processing is supposed to happen. My biggest thing is everyone sends me guitar tracks in stereo. It's really rare when placing guitar in a mix that you always want everything to be sitting equally on both left and right sides. I almost always make those mono and pan to find the best placement. You might have a stereo effects send, but the main source ideally is mono.
In Reaper you can also change audio properties for every sample, if you want just the mono left or right channel or inverted (handy if you wanna swap drummers perspective). On render settings you can choose tracks with mono media to render mono.
But even with Cubase, you would have to listen to each track to make the decision to push the magic button if needed. So in the 100 track example Colt gave, that's going to take a lot of time - versus less than a minute for this solution.
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Now this is a game changer for reals. I hate it when people send me stereo mono tracks nd have to go through them, trying to guess whether a track is really stereo or is really stereo, or has something of stereo spectrum on it. I hate it almost as I do with the dark mode on Pro Tools...
Not a fan of dark mode myself lol
What's the difference into make this on this software or Pro Trools?
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune Thank you! I got it. This is good
Wow how revolutionary. This is 1 click for me in logic
How is this not a feature inside every DAW? It’s such a basic process. You’d think anyone working with audio would eventually need to do this.
Well, you could do it with a script in a folder on mac. Use automator with the script and convert any stereo file to mono that you trough in that folder. That is what I have been doing for a long time.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
I select all the stereo tracks that are actually mono together, then "split to mono" then select and delete all the stereo and .R tracks. it only takes 30 seconds even with a huge mix.
You still have to analyze every single track yourself to determine if it’s actually a stereo or mono, and then delete all the unnecessary tracks. This is still far faster and simpler.
Bars!
Done 💯 thank you.
Oh DANG
Yeah, dude! If it’s useful to you, it’s a literal game changer
Definitely a big timesaver. Contrary to what people are saying here it applies to many other DAWs beyond PT. I don't want to see mono files as interleaved stereo files in the arrangement even if the channel strip is capable of processing interleaved in mono (e.g Logic or Cubase).
Exactly, the fact that it analyzes the audio is huge
@@ColtCapperrune indeed *confirming* its mono or stereo.
If you used FL studio for your mixing, you wouldn't be needing extra plugins to do basic things as this like selecting multiple tracks and consolidating them as mono merged, or stere L or R
You need to tilt towards more advanced DAWs like FL Studio for real, esp if you mix and master alot
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
oh my god!!! that is so badass!! So many of my clients use Logic and send me unnecessary stereo tracks--drives me f&$%#in' nuts, but I know many of them have a hard time even figuring out how to send me anything, lol, so I deal with it.....I do it by using 'split into mono', then deleting original track on one of the mono tracks, so a slightly different version of what you do, but it takes the same amount of time...and yes, I have to decide which tracks may indeed have stereo processing, yadda yadda... this is getting purchased immediately...
Hope it helps!!
The problem is that you don't work with Cubase, really not a problem for us
That’s awesome. It has it built-in! However, I am happily on ProTools for the foreseeable future.
@@ColtCapperrune Of course, I have no doubt! Surely the video will help other Pro Tools users. Keep doing us all good with your content :)
Sounds cool, even though I got really fast on „split to mono „ and then delete😅
Yeah wow in Logic Pro you can just flip the channel from stereo to mono, doesn't matter what the file type is.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
Studio One does this out of the box.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune no, not really not once has has there been an error or stereo content. But I'm glad that there's something that helps pro tools users do it.
cubase Pro 13 makes that with one click!!! no need to export and import. LOVE CUBASE DE BEST DAW IN THE WORLD!!!!
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
I remember when this software was in still in beta. Kudos to the makers. Great stuff!
I'm shocked at how many people are missing the point. For those saying "How don't you know about split into mono" and "My DAW can do this with one click" ... you're only talking about the actual operation of doing the split.
The power of this software isn't just the action it takes in splitting audio files. The real power is in the analysis it does on every audio file, to determine if the audio is actually mono or stereo. Colt shows this in the video, but apparently a lot of people missed or skipped that part ... you drop the audio files in the software, click analyze, and it AUTOMATICALLY TELLS YOU WHICH FILES ARE ACTUALLY STEREO, AND WHICH FILES SHOULD BE MONO.
No DAW (that I'm aware of) can do this.
I'm glad Colt has been responding to a lot of these comments, but I fear it still isn't sinking in. This is much more than just a simple operation of splitting stereo to mono. That would be a dumb piece of software if that's all it did. This is more of an all-around "File prep" kit, and the split to mono feature it only one aspect of it.
Thanks for doing this video, Colt, you rock!
I’ve been pretty blown away by how many people are missing the point lol. Thanks for watching, and for the comment!
This makes me glad to be a Reaper user
I like to call these kinds of things "paying the pro tools tax". At the same time, they're at least building business opportunities for people like Soundizers to come in and capitalize on their lack of features 😆
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there’s actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono… I’ll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune True!
@@ColtCapperrune Exactly - being a Reaper, Studio One or Cubase user doesn't solve this issue. It maybe gives you a quick way to make a stereo track mono. I wonder who actually watched the video or properly understands the problem this is solving!
You can't just bounce tracks to Mono like you can in Cakewalk? Two clicks done. But, I guess it's kind of a pain in the ass in Reaper too.
Folks recording themselves in Logic are my number one source of this pain. Logic LOVES to auto-promote channels to stereo, and their preset library is full of stereo reverbs inserted directly on mono tracks. Definitely going to check this out.
Wait, what?1 It's a user, not a logic problem ;)
Yeah in logic its easy to switch from mono to stereo but when you load tracks into logic it automatically loads it as a stereo track and then when you put inserts in its either stereo or dual mono even if you change the source to mono.
@@hoopscentral1828yeah logic users have NO use for this… u just check/uncheck the mono symbol at the top of the track
Not true at all. The problem is users exporting audio files in stereo.
Create a mono track in logic. Record some mono audio. Add a stereo insert to the track. Observe the channel auto-promoting to stereo, as is visible on the channel meter. Export tracks as audio files, with the bypass inserts option on. Observe that it still exports stereo. Realize you have to remove the insert entirely or route its output to a mono bus to get the channel to properly export in mono. This has been my experience for as long as I’ve been getting handed these sessions. If there’s a trick I’m missing to dealing with this, I’m all ears. It’s not even the artists actively doing it most of the time - they just pick a channel preset they like, which already has stereo inserts on it regardless of the channel record format.
I'm surprised that you don't know about "Split into Mono" in Pro Tools.
Uh oh, you said Gamechanger. Barry Johns is gonna lose his mind again.
Who?? 😜😂
I send every client "MIX PREP NOTES" #3 is "Render your tracks in the proper format; Stereo or Mono." or we will do it for you at an additional charge. Either I save time or make more money. Spending $50 when I could be charging for the service is completely counter intuitive . FYI Pro Tools has "Split Into Mono" option so there is no need to create two mono tracks.
I have a PDF that goes out that has the exact same notes on it. However, it doesn’t matter for most people. This is so fast, and inexpensive that it just makes the whole process for the client that much smoother and more enjoyable. So it’s worth it to me.
@@ColtCapperrune Fair enough but it still takes some time, be it far less and not charging for it is doing yourself a dis-service by leaving meat on the bone.
1:09 world record for using "any" in sentence.
Hm thats a cool software - i guess i will program it myself
Let me know how it goes!
Shouldn't this be a built in feature to Pro Tools? I mean... they pride themselves as the ultimate DAW for handling audio. Seems like mono/stereo formatting is one of the most rudimentary aspects of audio. It's always surprising to see how each DAW gets so many things right and some very wrong.
Such a simple thing... but man, what a time saver.. love it. :)
Exactly! Hope it helps!
Reaper!
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune yes its really fast workflow. What about the quality?
Good Stuff Colt! Definitely "A Game Changer!"
Right click on the name of the track and select "split into mono" but you still need to delete the stereo track and one mono track. And of course, it takes time on a huge session. 😀
This software looks amazing by the way. Very useful, thanks Colt!! 🙏
protools needs to just incorporate something like this in there import system, but this is dopppped
WHAT ABOUT QUALITY..WILL TRY IT USUALLY MY WAY OF STEREO TO MONO IS SELECTING THOSE I WANT TO MONO..SINCE THAT OPTION IS AVAILABLE..THAT'S A COOL FEATURE
Studio One does this as well.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there’s actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono… I’ll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
I wish I had this 20 years ago! Actually, I wish the DAW manufacturers would just do this as an option in the import window.
Most do, Studio One has has a single button per track that switches between stereo and mono back and forth, it's been there for a decade.
@@georgewoolf6300 I believe what you’re talking about is a button that simply sums the left and right sides together to make a track mono, which is a very different thing.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune exactly. A checkbox in the import window of the DAW that said something like “analyze tracks for duplicate channels” and automatically imported them as mono would be such a no brainer.
you can literally covert hundreds of stereo tracks to mono in less than 30seconds in Cubase without a single plugin
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
I feel like people really aren't picking up on why this is different than what you can do in a DAW. Here's the magic sauce, when you see that this actually analyzes the audio and lets you know which files actually contain mono audio vs. stereo audio. th-cam.com/video/7jOiRCcxx04/w-d-xo.html
People just need to get their crap together and stop being lazy when prepping their tracks.
That would be nice lol
Reading a manual once in a while would be great too but that seems to be too much work.
You would THINK @Avid would have this build into Pro Tools by now. You would THINK. But you would be wrong. Haha
Contrary to what everyone else on here is saying, I don’t believe this is actually built into any DAW. Even though in a lot of others, it’s much easier to split the track to mono, you would still have to listen to each individual stereo track to determine if it’s actually stereo, or just dual mono. That’s the best part about this one, is it determines all of that for you.
Indeed! I myself have always just thrown on a multi-mono instance of the Trim plugin with one side set polarity reversed on all incoming stereo channels. The ones that null got moved to the beginning or end of the session. Then selected them, split them all, and follow a pattern to unselect with command the single channels I needed and shift+option right click and select the rest. Still time consuming but the fastest way I found to do it. This is legitimately game changing though.
In Cubase 13 you can do that without that program. There is a simple function that converts files from Stereo to Mono and if you want you can switch it back again. Very easy in Cubase 13.
That’s awesome It’s included in your DAW!
@@ColtCapperrune Yeah, I wonder why Pro Tools does not have that. Sorry you have to go through all that expense and all those moves when in Cubase pro 13 it is 1 click and you can go back and forth easy
Sorry but I use Cubase 13 as well. What @ColtCapperrune shows in this video is NOT the same as the Cubase function. In Cubase YOU the user has to know which files are MONO and which are STEREO before converting them. This is not easy to do sometimes and can take long. The software he showcases in the video AUTOMATICALLY analyzes the files for you and determines which ones are mono and which are stereo, then does the conversion.
@@prodbyogchiboi From that respect on the analyzing makes since if your not sure its stereo or not. I can certainly take a stereo track and convert it to mono in Cubase 13 pro with no issue.
I have screamed at Apple to put a simple stereo to mono function that is destructive and replaces the track without wasting space.
About 15 years ago. That way you would at least be able to instantly fix the problem when you find it in the mults. But no.
Reaper has this feature by stock, no need for paying 50 for that.
Studio one users are 😊
No need in Reaper. Highlight the tracks u want to convert and done in one click.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
I have a macro in Reaper that does this to a full session.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune I don't, there is a threshold of difference slider and it auto identifies each selected track and converts them in one click.
I can click 1 button in studio one and bam. A stereo track is processed like mono. lol
But does it automatically tell you which tracks are supposed to be mono? Because that’s the sauce
@@ColtCapperrune No .. Just a good DAW feature for when needed without the headache like ole grandpa DAW .. LOL .. I see that as a good tool for people importing tracks for sure .
right click on a track name -> split into mono
top menu -> track -> split into mono
You would still have to analyze every single stereo track to see if it has stereo elements or if it’s actually mono, and then do this individually on each track, and then delete the unneeded tracks. This is a far more seamless solution that would be significantly faster.
@@ColtCapperrune of course, just gave you an easiest way to do that in PT:)
Cubase 13, you just click an icon and converts mono to stereo and back if you want. 🤓
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there’s actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono… I’ll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
@@ColtCapperrune ....and, for the amount of tracks you may manage, I would probably too, it is a very cool app.
I have a little workaround here: I check the tracks with Mono Deviation and Correlation.... that way you se how disperse or not the spectrum is.... Mono recordings that go to stereo without Stereo FX, are very flat....
... and for those which have stereo info, then I would separate the channels into 2 mono; in Cubase 13 you can do that to one or many tracks at a time with just 2 or 3 clicks (even with just one, if you assign that a Shortcut) Cubase is really great.
More drinking game ?
I was drinking before this video lol
Besides (Merging Technologies) Pyramix, nothing is close to protools. Doesnt matter what the try to include. Pro Tools aint goin nowhere ever. Avid is apocalyptic
It’s a great tool but I just don’t have enough need to justify the subscription cost.
most software does this for free, mine does...
Just one click in Cubase
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
Reaper: you can process clips/items however you like.
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
Mixcraft 10 can literally turn any track to Mono with 1 click. 🤷🏾♂️
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there’s actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono… I’ll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
Finally here first.
🤘🏻🙏🏻
So this “pro tools expert” doesn’t know about the downmixer plugin that does exactly this that has been there forever? Yeah okay
You would still have to listen to each stereo track in its entirety to determine if there's actually any stereo content, or if it should be mono... I'll take this that does it all for me in five seconds.
Completely different than downmixer. Downmixer is just a tool to convert. It doesn't do any kind of analysis. StereoMonoizer actually analyzes each file and lets you know if it is really stereo, or just a mono signal in a 2-channel stereo file. Then gives you the option to convert them to true mono.
@@binksound I know that. That’s why I always couple the downmixer plugin with an analyzer plugin to see if it has any stereo information before I commit it to mono
@@JRand927 I assume you are "spot checking" and not listening all the way through with the analyzer plugin. If you don't listen to the file in its entirety, you could miss something. What if it's a mono guitar track, and they decided to throw a ping pong delay in the bridge? That would make it a stereo file, but if you only listened / analyzed the beginning of the file, you might have thought it was mono. Also, this process would still take longer, especially if you are handed a folder of like 100 files for a mix, and they are all 2-channel files.