2 audio track produced when dragging on T/L

RyanPlaceProductions wrote on 4/25/2013, 9:55 AM

Hi,

For some reason when I drag a clip to the timeline it produces 2 audio tracks. Im assume its left and right audio. Is there a way to produce one track as default when I drag a clip to the timeline

Thx

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 4/25/2013, 11:24 AM

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You mean one audio channel? Not that I know of.
However, you can instantly change it by right-clicking on the track header.

rraud wrote on 4/27/2013, 9:14 AM

I'm not sure of your intention or the file(s) your working with but yes... Sort-of.
Right-click the event and select "Channels", which will open a context menu allowing to select which side will be a mono file on the timeline. Any audio information on the unused channel would not be heard.
Typically, this feature is useful if for example an interview was recorded with a lav mic on the 'left' channel and the boom mic on the 'right', allowing one to choose one or the other in post.

musicvid10 wrote on 4/27/2013, 2:16 PM

rraud,
I'm reading that he wants Vegas to open a mono track by default when he drags audio to the timeline. A minor annoyance for him, but I know no way around it.

rraud wrote on 4/28/2013, 8:27 AM

Now that you mention it MV, I read it as well. (Back to grade school, reading comprehension.) I'm not aware of a way around it either. Though my previous post would be a 'work-around'.
VP does have an option in the 'Preference' menu to 'open' stereo files as two mono tracks opposed to one stereo. I don't know if it would function that way when dragging an audio file to the TL. ( and I don't have access to VP at the moment to try it)