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How to convert MP3 Left Channel only to both channels
My friend has a "cassette to CD" deck for copying cassettes to CD.
Unfortunately, I don't have a cassette player and his deck is hard wired so that it duplicates the cassette exactly. And unfortunately, this particular tape has all the sound on the left channel. So, he made me a CD from the cassette, and like the cassette, all the sound is on the left channel. I have MusicMatch for ripping CDs to MP3. What software do I need to create a two channel mono MP3 file from the left channel? It seems there are two possibilities on how to accomplish my goal. Is there a type of MP3 file that is inherently single channel and so MP3 players "know" to play it on both channels? Or, is there a way to copy the left channel to both channels and thus simulate mono while using both channels? thanks for your help. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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How to convert MP3 Left Channel only to both channels
It seems there are two possibilities on how to accomplish my goal. Is there a type of MP3 file that is inherently single channel and so MP3 players "know" to play it on both channels? Or, is there a way to copy the left channel to both channels and thus simulate mono while using both channels? Here is free software that will give you a variety of options for fixing your problem. It will convert a stereo file to mono in a variety of input and output formats. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm |
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How to convert MP3 Left Channel only to both channels
"WDS" wrote in message .. . My friend has a "cassette to CD" deck for copying cassettes to CD. Unfortunately, I don't have a cassette player and his deck is hard wired so that it duplicates the cassette exactly. And unfortunately, this particular tape has all the sound on the left channel. So, he made me a CD from the cassette, and like the cassette, all the sound is on the left channel. I have MusicMatch for ripping CDs to MP3. What software do I need to create a two channel mono MP3 file from the left channel? Why would you do that? It seems there are two possibilities on how to accomplish my goal. Is there a type of MP3 file that is inherently single channel and so MP3 players "know" to play it on both channels? I just played with this last night. The "-mm" command line option for LAME creates a mono MP3. This is great for things like audio books where you typically don't care if it's stereo. This is the way to go. I personally use Exact Audio Copy and LAME to rip CD's into MP3, but it wasn't terribly easy to get it set up right. Getting LAME set up to work with it correctly took a Google search ("exact audio copy lame") which took me to the hydrogen audio forums (I think) which had a decent summary of LAME settings to use and how to enter that into Exact Audio Copy's settings. Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919) |
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