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Subject:Record only one channel Posted by: stauffer Date:3/30/2004 7:14:36 AM Is it possible to record only one channel (i.e. Record only left channel)? Recording mono seems to sum the left and right channels. I know I could send the same signal to the left and right channels when it comes into the box and record mono but I am not sure if that would affect quality. I am using SF5 but would upgrade.
Subject:RE: Record only one channel Reply by: Sonic Date:3/30/2004 7:27:34 AM Sound Forge is one of few applications that acually attempts to open a device in mono. And mono record behavior depends very much on the driver. If fidelity is an issue, you should record in stereo and just copy the desired channel to a new file or use the status bar to extract the one you want (right click on the Mono/Stereo field and then select Mono, then Left channel or Right channel only). It seems likely that future versions of Sound Forge will behave more like Vegas, always opening the device as stereo, but allowing the user to choose an individual channel if desired. J.
Subject:RE: Record only one channel Reply by: BobMarvin Date:3/30/2004 8:23:07 AM An alternative would be to record both left and right channels, in stereo. Wheen you are finished recording, you can hilight the entire channel you wish to delete and from tools choose volume and go to infinity (silence). Of course you can always get the same effect by turning off the audio feeding the channel you don't want the audio to appear on. If on the other hand you want to record left and right audio at seperate times, that feature isn't available in Sound Forge (I use sf6e)/ An alternative to try is to record the one track and save the file, open a new window and record the second track and do a copy and paste to the original file. The interesting part about this is that say you are recording via the line in jack on your sound card, you can play back the first file (which had been saved) using an external player at the same time and because the input to the audio card is only the line in and not a wave file (or however you saved the file) input, you'll end up with essentially only your new audio which can be copied and pasted to the original file. I've usd this method in the past and bee able to accomplish whatever I've tried to do. The limitation is that the files on both tracks have to be the same size. You can't add a piece to one side without it effecting the other side. Hope I am not confusing you.

Subject:Record only one channel

Posted by: stauffer

Date:3/30/2004 7:14:36 AM

Is it possible to record only one channel (i.e. Record only left channel)? Recording mono seems to sum the left and right channels. I know I could send the same signal to the left and right channels when it comes into the box and record mono but I am not sure if that would affect quality.
I am using SF5 but would upgrade.

Subject:RE: Record only one channel

Reply by: Sonic

Date:3/30/2004 7:27:34 AM

Sound Forge is one of few applications that acually attempts to open a device in mono. And mono record behavior depends very much on the driver.

If fidelity is an issue, you should record in stereo and just copy the desired channel to a new file or use the status bar to extract the one you want (right click on the Mono/Stereo field and then select Mono, then Left channel or Right channel only).

It seems likely that future versions of Sound Forge will behave more like Vegas, always opening the device as stereo, but allowing the user to choose an individual channel if desired.

J.

Subject:RE: Record only one channel

Reply by: BobMarvin

Date:3/30/2004 8:23:07 AM

An alternative would be to record both left and right channels, in stereo. Wheen you are finished recording, you can hilight the entire channel you wish to delete and from tools choose volume and go to infinity (silence). Of course you can always get the same effect by turning off the audio feeding the channel you don't want the audio to appear on. If on the other hand you want to record left and right audio at seperate times, that feature isn't available in Sound Forge (I use sf6e)/ An alternative to try is to record the one track and save the file, open a new window and record the second track and do a copy and paste to the original file. The interesting part about this is that say you are recording via the line in jack on your sound card, you can play back the first file (which had been saved) using an external player at the same time and because the input to the audio card is only the line in and not a wave file (or however you saved the file) input, you'll end up with essentially only your new audio which can be copied and pasted to the original file. I've usd this method in the past and bee able to accomplish whatever I've tried to do. The limitation is that the files on both tracks have to be the same size. You can't add a piece to one side without it effecting the other side. Hope I am not confusing you.