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Hi there,

I have a short audio file in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care. I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

Please advise!

KJ

[Michael Black]

) writes:
Hi there,

I have a short audio file in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care. I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

It would be one channel, but it wouldn't be "mono". If you remove
one channel, you remove the contents of that channel. Stereo is not
sending the same signal to two speakers, it's creating an actual spatial
feel to the sound by selectively directing different sounds to different
speakers.

What goes where depends on the recording. IN some, one channel might
result in most of the sound, but a relatively weak vocal track (or
maybe none at all). In others, you might be missing some of the
instruments, or at least they'd be severely reduced in volume
compared to the rest. Or, really neat sound effects, such as
two guitars "battling" each other, one in each channel, would turn
into nonsense since you'd only hear part of it.

Michael

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I see what you mean, thanks for the explanation.

Nevertherless, my file is spoken word anyway and muting one speaker
works just fine, as far as sound quality is concerned. I certainly
won't dare to cut anything from a music track ;-)

[Arny Krueger]

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Hi there,

I have a short audio file in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care. I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

This looks like it will work:

Import the stereo file
Split the tracks - click the file name to the right of the x, to get
drop-down menu with "split stereo track" command
select and copy the channel that has clear sound. Be sure to select all of
it.
select noisy track and paste channel with clear sound over it. Be sure to
paste from exact beginning
Combine the tracks - click the file name to the right of the x, in the top
channel to get drop-down menu with "make stereo track" command
export new stereo file

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

wrote:
Hi there,

I have a short audio file in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care. I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

Please advise!

KJ


How big is the file?

--
Dirk

http://www.onetribe.me.uk - The UK's only occult talk show
Presented by Dirk Bruere and Marc Power

[Mr.T]

"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
...
wrote:
I have a short audio file

How big is the file?

And that is relevant to the question/answer how exactly?

in stereo with some cracks coming from my
left speaker when I play it. I'd like to cut the right channel out so
that I hear only the clear sound. It would be mono (right?), but I
don' care.

Simply copy the good channel to the bad channel. You still have a "stereo"
file, only it's then really dual mono.
Better still, only select the areas that have the glitches, and only copy
that area from the good channel. Then you still have mostly stereo.

I even installed Audacity, but cannot handle the case on my
own.

Time to read the manual then.

MrT.

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

Mr.T wrote:
"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
...
wrote:
I have a short audio file

How big is the file?

And that is relevant to the question/answer how exactly?

Because if it was a small file I would offer to do it.
Only takes a few minutes.
And I have removed the effects of scratches manually using Audacity
quite effectively (although it's time consuming).

--
Dirk

http://www.onetribe.me.uk - The UK's only occult talk show
Presented by Dirk Bruere and Marc Power

[Mr.T]

"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message
...
I have a short audio file

How big is the file?

And that is relevant to the question/answer how exactly?

Because if it was a small file I would offer to do it.

OK, but better that the OP learns how to use the software himself IMO.

And I have removed the effects of scratches manually using Audacity
quite effectively (although it's time consuming).

Certainly can be.

MrT.