Audacity

[thebarguest]

Hi Alan.

With Audacity, a mono recording seems to be the same size as
its "stereo" equivalent but labelling it as 'mono' gives accurate
info when people play/analyse it !

I agree - a good quality mono is better than a hissy/poor stereo.
I rarely sit in a 'stereo' position anyway !

Sounds like what you're doing makes sense !



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "alanforduk" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>