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jetdv wrote on 1/19/2004, 9:50 PM
Right-click the audio event, choose "Channels", and pick the option that works best for you (like "Left Only" for example).
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 1/20/2004, 12:16 AM
I want to make it in stereo, remember, I only have a right channel audio clip. So I duplicated it on the audio track below, first tried to convert to left channel, then combined it, and the meter moves, but I get no sound out of the second track at all:(
farss wrote on 1/20/2004, 12:21 AM
Like the man said, right click, select 'Left Channel only' (assuming you only had audio in the left channel) and Vegas will play that out of both channels. If your audio was only in the right channel select right channel only.
Don't try to do anything more complicated duplicating tracks or you'll get mighty confused.
It'll look like mono on the T/L but it'll be out of both channels.
Grazie wrote on 1/20/2004, 12:28 AM
Please take note of what Ed & farss say, very wise . . hmmm . . .

You say, "I want to make it in stereo, " . . . well, you didn't record stereo, how would you think you would now get it? I've had some success using a Pseudo Stereo effect by using the Panning tool/envelope. If you've got something very obvious as a person walking and talking from Left to Right, you could try panning the sound from Left to Right loud speaker. But don't forget all your "background would do the same, and obviously the background does NOT wander from left to right . . . not easy . . depends how "crucial" the stereo effect is needed . . .keep us informed . . not an easy one this . . .

Regards,

Grazie
farss wrote on 1/20/2004, 12:51 AM
Grazie,
I think maybe he means 'stereo' as in 'sound comes out of both speakers' or at least I hope so!
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 1/20/2004, 2:35 AM
No not the case Grazie, if you make a mono track into stereo, you know it will take half the time to listen to it. the law of energy conservation you don;t get something for nothing.
Grazie wrote on 1/20/2004, 3:09 AM
Z - I don't understand, please explain.

Grazie
mark30 wrote on 1/20/2004, 5:10 AM
I have this simple little 'rule'..

1. voice, speech, talking heads etc.. panned in the middle - so it comes from both speakers but it is mono.
2. music - stereo.

That is for music tv shows etc... maybe in film you'd want also voices to be from behind, or left, or right or whatever.. than use surround.
But for normal tv things I use those rules.. works great.

mark
FuTz wrote on 1/20/2004, 5:31 AM

There's a few tricks too, to "simulate" stereo:
combining two identical tracks on the timeline and offsetting one of these tracks by half a frame then panning these tracks left and right by +or- 50% on both sides will "widen" the sound.
I've seen people do something with music too: duplicating tracks the same way and adding a *subtle* touch of the same track right in the middle , this track being *1 octave* higher (same notes but higher pitch)...

And there are cheap applications like the one at www.virtos.com that will help at "creating" stereo from mono tracks. There's a demo version if you want to try it.