Thank you. I now know how to get rid of the muddiness in my mixes and get good pan separation of the instruments. This one thing will make all the difference. I wondered why my simple old Tascam PortaStudio 4 track mono track only (stereo output) tape deck gave better mixes than I get in Logic. Stereo channels are great for simple things with few instruments but once several instruments are added it quickly becomes challenging or impossible to get clean separation and placement of sounds, at least for me. Perhaps this is one big reason why the music of the 60's, 70's and 80's often sounds cleaner, with better sound separation that what came afterwards. Thanks again.
not sure what im missing but this doesn't work for me. when I bounce it, it bounces literally as stereo track still but with only the left audio showing on the stereo on the right is just a blank line. its not bouncing mono?
If you did select ‘include volume/automation’ logic bounces it out as stereo. I find this confusing as you may not even have any panning on the track, just volume automation, and logic still gives you a stereo file
Thanks man. Yeah it's quite long winded. There is also as you know the split stereo option which is even longer and is actually bugged as it doesn't save properly without a work around.
OK, so now you’ve got exactly the same audio as you had on the original stereo track, but just taking up two channels instead. Unless you’re then going to treat them differently (which risks screwing up the stereo image for your whole kit), what was the point?
Is the automation drawn on a region that has been looped? It might be looping the automation. If that's the case select all of the regions and press Control L. This will convert your loops to real copies. And then the automation will be independent.
I'm not a professional so I'll probably never find myself in this situation to split something like this but I'm curious; this is done only because someone forgot to record in mono with two mics?
If you record on a stereo track with only 1 mic, it will only record to the left channel usually. But it depends on what input your plugged into. The most common reason I do this is when I get stereo recordings made with 2 mics, but I need to mix the two channels separately. It's mostly drum overheads that were recorded in stereo, where one channel is vastly different than the other. Often I need to automate down the hi hat in the left channel to keep it from overwhelming the rest of the kit. Or stereo recordings of acoustic guitar where the mic pointed at the body is vastly different sounding from the neck mic. I'll often record my overheads to a stereo track as well, because it makes editing easier, then after the editing is done, I'll split the channels and mix the overheads as two channels.
@@MusicTechHelpGuy oh I see now! One mic only records to one channel (one signal). And it's one stereo recording produced by two separate mics (two different signals). And you separate them to use them separately. That clears things up for me. Thanks for the detailed reply.
That will just convert the stereo files into mono by summing the left and right channels, so you'll just end up with 2 mono regions with all of the left and right information. Not only can it cause phase issues, it also removes any stereo variation from the original recording.
I had the feature to listen LEFT or RIGHT chanell on my old SONY mini HI-FI and listening it on BOTH SPEAKERS. And LOGIC, a world top program had to complicate this. They really fucked up this simple option.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 how much time you have spent to flip or convert stereo file into two mono tracks. There is no logic. Go to protools and cubase. It will save your time 👍🏻
I have other question please. I push something on my stereo out on logic and all my mastering plugins became invisible, and it's feels like I loos that power its play like mono. So how to switch stereo out to normal stereo? Thank you.
Thank you. I now know how to get rid of the muddiness in my mixes and get good pan separation of the instruments. This one thing will make all the difference. I wondered why my simple old Tascam PortaStudio 4 track mono track only (stereo output) tape deck gave better mixes than I get in Logic. Stereo channels are great for simple things with few instruments but once several instruments are added it quickly becomes challenging or impossible to get clean separation and placement of sounds, at least for me. Perhaps this is one big reason why the music of the 60's, 70's and 80's often sounds cleaner, with better sound separation that what came afterwards. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video. Simple and easy to understand.
Still useful after all these months!!
Dude, you just saved me so much work! Thank you
As always writing a comment to support the channel
Black Diamond! 🤘 (And if it seems like it's not working, make sure any Audio FX you have on the track are changed from Stereo to Mono)
Nice, clear instructions. It is time for Apple to incorporate a simple(r) command to convert stereo to mono. Thanks.
Great video, quick to the point and easy to follow
Great tip. I've been wondering how to do this for while!
not sure what im missing but this doesn't work for me. when I bounce it, it bounces literally as stereo track still but with only the left audio showing on the stereo on the right is just a blank line. its not bouncing mono?
Thank you so much for this!!! Simple and easy to understand.
Thanks a million, you just saved my life...
Useful tip! Thanks.
thanks!! saved me alot time.
What version of Logic are you using? When I click on the input I don't get that menu. I'm on Logic Pro 10.14.6
Same with me
You guys are the best! Thank you!
Amazing trick! Thank you so much Josh!
Thank you for your very good tips
Very clear, as usual. However, when I click/hold on the stereo/mono tab, it doesn't bring up a dialog, it just switches between, am I crazy?
If you did select ‘include volume/automation’ logic bounces it out as stereo. I find this confusing as you may not even have any panning on the track, just volume automation, and logic still gives you a stereo file
do I have to pan Left and Right on the tracks before bouncing ? thank you for the tutorial. very helpful as usual !
thank you. Great video!
Again super Tipp, although I don’t use this action very much. Perhaps more often in the future.
Thanks man. Yeah it's quite long winded. There is also as you know the split stereo option which is even longer and is actually bugged as it doesn't save properly without a work around.
Can we do this in garage band as well?
Thanks for the tip!
It doesn’t work in my Logic Pro x
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How do I get my main stereo out track to appear on the left side??
Thanks a lot! Great man!
Thank you!
Makes sense thank you !
It works fine in logic pro but as soon as I send it to my phone, it no longer works. Any reason why
OK, so now you’ve got exactly the same audio as you had on the original stereo track, but just taking up two channels instead. Unless you’re then going to treat them differently (which risks screwing up the stereo image for your whole kit), what was the point?
I think the point is how to split a stereo track into two separate mono ones. He was just using the drum track as an example
@@SwingingCreeper Could be, I suppose. But then wouldn’t a better example be something like two hard-panned guitar parts, or something like that?
How do I do this with an Aux track?
Great Tutorials! When I change the automation on a single region, all subsequent regions change. Is there a preference that prevents this?
Is the automation drawn on a region that has been looped? It might be looping the automation. If that's the case select all of the regions and press Control L. This will convert your loops to real copies. And then the automation will be independent.
No ,the regions are not looped.
I'm not a professional so I'll probably never find myself in this situation to split something like this but I'm curious; this is done only because someone forgot to record in mono with two mics?
If you record on a stereo track with only 1 mic, it will only record to the left channel usually. But it depends on what input your plugged into.
The most common reason I do this is when I get stereo recordings made with 2 mics, but I need to mix the two channels separately. It's mostly drum overheads that were recorded in stereo, where one channel is vastly different than the other. Often I need to automate down the hi hat in the left channel to keep it from overwhelming the rest of the kit.
Or stereo recordings of acoustic guitar where the mic pointed at the body is vastly different sounding from the neck mic.
I'll often record my overheads to a stereo track as well, because it makes editing easier, then after the editing is done, I'll split the channels and mix the overheads as two channels.
@@MusicTechHelpGuy oh I see now! One mic only records to one channel (one signal). And it's one stereo recording produced by two separate mics (two different signals). And you separate them to use them separately. That clears things up for me. Thanks for the detailed reply.
Neat. Thanks MusicTechHelpGuy!!!
what about duplicating the track then bouncing them to mono skipping the middle part ? or would that create phase issues.
That will just convert the stereo files into mono by summing the left and right channels, so you'll just end up with 2 mono regions with all of the left and right information. Not only can it cause phase issues, it also removes any stereo variation from the original recording.
Or you can keep the track stereo and insert the plugins in dual mono. Tbh, I never felt the necessity to split stero tracks.
Yeah…that’s a really busy process. Lol. Hope they make it easier.
I had the feature to listen LEFT or RIGHT chanell on my old SONY mini HI-FI and listening it on BOTH SPEAKERS. And LOGIC, a world top program had to complicate this. They really fucked up this simple option.
Aganin an usefull tip from Mr Helpguy
😂😂😂😂😂😂 how much time you have spent to flip or convert stereo file into two mono tracks. There is no logic. Go to protools and cubase. It will save your time 👍🏻
Thank you! Awesome!
I have other question please. I push something on my stereo out on logic and all my mastering plugins became invisible, and it's feels like I loos that power its play like mono. So how to switch stereo out to normal stereo? Thank you.
Thank you!!