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Hi , whenever i record a stereo instrument it saves the wave file as a mono left and right instead of a single stereo file.l've tried various recording and preferences settings and EVEN read (most of) the manual with no joy. A full wasted day later and I'm reduced to begging for help on a forum.
I would really like to save my recordings as a stereo interleaved file.
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01-13-2022, 12:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2022, 12:21 PM by johne53.)
I must admit, that's always puzzled me too but AFAIK Mixbus can't generate for interleaved source files
But I've a feeling it'll use them correctly if you've recorded them in some other package.
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Sorry, no (at least if there is a setting, I'm not aware of it...)
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(01-13-2022, 12:01 PM)uaaudio2 Wrote: Hi , whenever i record a stereo instrument it saves the wave file as a mono left and right instead of a single stereo file.l've tried various recording and preferences settings and EVEN read (most of) the manual with no joy. A full wasted day later and I'm reduced to begging for help on a forum.
I would really like to save my recordings as a stereo interleaved file.
Kind regards
Source files are not meant to be used raw.
Stereo is at the end of the day nothing but any other two mono channels, recorded with separate microphones, therefore separate physical entities. Just like in any analogue console/tape.
Stereo is what you make of it. You could for example also decide to process them separately.
The track you see in the DAW after recording is already interpreted as stereo, if you have chosen so. If you want a single stereo file, just export the track and there you have plenty options of file format. If you have multiple "stereo" tracks which you want to use raw, you can export them all at once but separate from each other unprocessed.
If you really want to just record a stereo file one-off you don't need a DAW, any sound recorder, which is most likely an accessory in your OS, will do.
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The arguments over multi mono / interleaved have been raging for some time.
I agree Max that everything is really just a mono file... but the world is becoming a stream and having a container for multi channel (2 and up) audio can be very handy.
At some stage I would like to see the option to record as an interleaved file.
You can create interleaved files in export ... Export / Channels do not check the split into mono option.
There is some voodoo talk about interleaved sounding better... but interleaving is just a container.
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nowadays the world seems to become immersive and therefore mono with information about placement again
Wondering if in any future Mixbus will do immersive, too. We'll see...
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