Avid Pro Audio Community

Avid Pro Audio Community

How to Join & Post  •  Community Terms of Use  •  Help Us Help You

Knowledge Base Search  •  Community Search  •  Learn & Support


Avid Home Page

Go Back   Avid Pro Audio Community > Legacy Products > Pro Tools TDM Systems (Mac)

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-12-2008, 04:06 PM
Mt.Everest Mt.Everest is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: New York
Posts: 1,160
Default Exporting Mono File to a Stereo Interleaved File

Hi,

I know this has been addressed in the past, but I couldn't find the old thread. Also, I would like to know the answer for current PT software, i.e. 7.3 thru 7.4.

Upon clients request, no matter how pointless technically, they want some mono voice-overs delivered as a stereo file. As soon as I heard this I remembered doing this process before. Export-Region-As.. allows you to choose Stereo-Interleaved, but in fact, the result is still a single channel file. I know PT is probably recognizing the fact that its a mono file (even when its duplicated onto a stereo track) and doing the " smart " thing and keeping it mono, cuz yes, making a mono file into a stereo-interleaved file is just wasted space.

However, clients want what they want and Im not going to try to explain the technical aspects behind. I just want to deliver what they are asking. Is there a way I can do this within Protools? Making a stereo track and changing the file names to .L .R? (Not at a rig now so haven't been able to test). Maybe I'm missing something, but it still seems like PT will handle mono files or duplicate mono files as MONO, and regardless of selecting " Stereo Interleaved ", the exported file is still single channel.

Any ideas, insight?

Thanks!
MT
__________________
PT|HD4 Accel PCIx w Magma Chassis & 192 I/O
PT HD 9.0.5 - Mac Pro 8-Core 2.4Ghz Westmere 10.6.8
PT|HD 9.0.5 - MacMini Core-Duo, 10.6.8 - ProFire 2626
•••DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE•••
•Use & Trust ø Cancellation!•
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-12-2008, 04:21 PM
PTUser NYC PTUser NYC is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: New York, NY USA
Posts: 996
Default Re: Exporting Mono File to a Stereo Interleaved File

I think if you bring the mono file into the timeline on a mono track, and then cut and paste it later into the same timeline, you could rename the first one .L and the second .R and then select them both in the audio bin and export as stereo.

If something prevents that, you could always create two mono tracks, and import the file into the same place on both, then drage to a stereo track and choose "consolidate" before exporting.

Maybe there is some halfway step that would work - i.e. bringing into the stereo track and not needing to consolidate, but wosrt case scenario I know that consolidating before exporting will work.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-12-2008, 05:53 PM
Sonny Keyes Sonny Keyes is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 334
Default Re: Exporting Mono File to a Stereo Interleaved File

Bounce-To-Disk as stereo. (Gives you the opportunity to clean up the VO while you're at it)

Sonny Keyes
Ricochet Audio
Toronto
__________________
Sonny Keyes
Toronto
http://www.sonnykeyes.ca

Rig 1: 2.8GHz Macbook Pro PT 12.7.1 Logic 10.3.2 Scarlett 18i20
Rig 2: 2.66 QuadCore Intel Xeon Logic 10.2.0 Scarlett 18i20 PTHD10.3.10
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-13-2008, 04:01 AM
phil kerg phil kerg is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 79
Default Re: Exporting Mono File to a Stereo Interleaved File

PTUser is right,
just duplicate the file from one mono track to another, at the same point of the timeline. (alt ctrl drag)
Rename the regions xxxx.L and xxxx.R and move both regions in a stereo track.
Click this new stereo region & export.
Check the export options (the default options are not always the ones you expect

I do this all the time, it works 100% . No need to consolidate or bounce.

Hope it helps
Phil
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Mono source = stereo file? rui_guerreiro 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Mac) 1 03-19-2011 04:35 AM
2 mono split - to 1 stereo file rinky Pro Tools TDM Systems (Mac) 3 06-28-2006 04:18 PM
How to Convert Mono file to Stereo ??? JLEpperson Tips & Tricks 2 06-22-2005 07:30 AM
mono wav file -> stereo wav file blindmelon 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Mac) 1 03-17-2004 05:00 PM
Exporting to a Stereo file monte-burns Digidesign Hardware & Software 2 05-22-2001 06:09 AM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:41 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Forum Hosted By: URLJet.com