Converting 2 channel audio to mono

Videojoe

Newbie Joined: Oct 12, 2020 10:22 Messages: 1 Offline

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Oct 12, 2020 10:44

Greetings,

I am new to PowerDirector and so far it has worked very well!

Although I'm new to PD, I am not new to non linear editing.

I'm sure that this is an easy fix, but I cannot figure this out...

I am shooting on a typical ENG style video Sony camera which records up to 2 channels of audio via the internal stereo mic or via the 2 onboard XLR inputs.

Yesterday, I recorded an interview with 2 lav mics (one into each of the camera's XLR inputs).

When I went to edit the interview, I needed to independently vary each channel but could not find an easy way to split and convert them to mono channels.

I'm sure it's super simple, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks for your support!

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Oct 12, 2020 13:54

Here's a video with most of the steps you'd need:

That was made for a longer discussion which you might find helpful. It's here if you'd like to read through it.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Oct 12, 2020 23:02

Quote I am shooting on a typical ENG style video Sony camera which records up to 2 channels of audio via the internal stereo mic or via the 2 onboard XLR inputs.

Yesterday, I recorded an interview with 2 lav mics (one into each of the camera's XLR inputs).

When I went to edit the interview, I needed to independently vary each channel but could not find an easy way to split and convert them to mono channels.

I'm sure it's super simple, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks for your support!

Other tools like AudioDirector or Audacity are available to make it easier to convert to a mono channel if desired.