Old 05-21-2019, 05:21 AM   #1
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Help please. I am rendering a track to a stem so that everything is written to a new audio file that has all of my edits (particularly Melodyne, which uses a lot of power)

However when I reach the render menu I am given a lot of choices: mono, stereo,...

Which one should I choose? All of my tracks are recorded normally, that is I don't touch the mono or stereo button on the Master mixer (mono is grey) so I suppose I must be recording in stereo. So how does this affect my rendering option?
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Old 05-21-2019, 06:31 AM   #2
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It mostly depends on what you want. I just leave it on stereo generally unless I'm playing with surround sound formats.

Mono might be useful for voice podcasts or AM/shortwave radio, I guess.
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It mostly depends on what you want. I just leave it on stereo generally unless I'm playing with surround sound formats.

Mono might be useful for voice podcasts or AM/shortwave radio, I guess.
Thanks a lot for your reply, so I just click on render to stereo!
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If you have recorded stereo (which is unlikely) you will see the two sides of the waveform. If you only see one your recording is mono.

If your render includes any stereo FX then render to stereo, otherwise I would stick with mono.
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Old 05-21-2019, 06:49 AM   #5
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If you have recorded stereo (which is unlikely) you will see the two sides of the waveform. If you only see one your recording is mono.

If your render includes any stereo FX then render to stereo, otherwise I would stick with mono.
Thanks a lot Stella, you never fail to appear with wise advise.
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