How to remove/control an audio channel?

Red Prince wrote on 6/16/2018, 1:36 PM

Is there a way to remove or silence a specific audio channel from a stereo track? For example, if a clip comes with a stereo audio track, in which the left channel contains the SMPTE timecode (LTC) and the right channel contains the voice of the person in the video track, I do not see an option to silence the left channel and to treat the right channel as if it was a mono audio clip. I’m not saying there is no such option, just that I went through all menus and even tried to right-click on the track header, and, well, am stuck.

I mean, I can open it in Audacity, delete the left channel, then export it to a .wav file, import that to Vegas, align it with the video, delete the audio track of the video clip, and get the desired result, but it would save me a lot of time if I could just split the audio track’s channels right inside Vegas.

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Former user wrote on 6/16/2018, 1:54 PM

Right click on the audio event, select CHANNEL and then right or left or mono mix.

Red Prince wrote on 6/16/2018, 2:50 PM

Ah, so that’s where it’s hiding. Thanks!

rraud wrote on 6/16/2018, 4:06 PM

To elaborate on David's comment, the same basic procedure would be used if for instance, you had a host - guest interview with two mics and tracks and wished to control them independently as two mono tracks. Duplicate the track/event and select the opposite channel

There is also an option setting (Option Preferences> General) to import all stereo tracks as two independent mono tracks by default.

Red Prince wrote on 6/16/2018, 5:26 PM

Thanks, rraud.