Audacity

[alanforduk]

Hi All,
Thanks for the replies.
What I have is a home-made compilation of Glastonbury 1993 broadcasts, featuring JP, AK and Johnnie (is that the correct spelling?) Walker.
I vaguely remember that my stereo FM reception used to hiss so badly at times that I occasionally resorted recording in mono.
The whole of side a is in mono so I used 'stereo track to mono' under the 'tracks' menu.
However side B alternates between stereo and mono, so I thought it would be a good idea to copy the left track to the right track for the mono bits.
It's actually fairly simple once one discovers the 'split stereo track' option which allows copy/paste between the two tracks.
To avoid complications with lining-up the different sections, I am first breaking up the FLAC file into separate mono/stereo portions, fixing the mono bits and then re-assembling the file.

I have another compilation tape of mainly funny/profound JP links which has similar problems.

Going back to side A of the Glasto tape; are there any pros/cons between having a single mono track, or a 'stereo' file with the tracks duplicated (other than the obvious file sizes) ?

Cheers

Alan




--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thebarguest" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
>
> If the recording is in mono, then just 'split stereo track',
> delete the duff channel and make the remaining one 'mono'.
> If stereo, it seems a bit tricky (I've not done it) but a google
> for :
> "audacity copy one channel to the other"
> brings up a method you could experiment with ......
> 
> What year is it from ? If it's a special/classic show, you could
> share it "raw" so our resident experts could have a shot at 
> remastering (Audacity being freeware is probably not the best
>  audio editing software on the planet) !
> 
> 
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "alanforduk" <alan@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a couple of tapes where some sections only come out of the left speaker. Does anyone know if it's possible in Audacity to copy one channel to the other?
> > 
> > Ta
> > 
> > Alan
> >
>