Old 03-06-2009, 09:01 AM   #1
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I am adding 2 track stereo wav files to a reaper project and would like to be able to work with each track individually, rather than with the file as a single object. Is there a way to split it out so left is one track and right is a separate track?

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Old 03-06-2009, 10:14 AM   #2
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duplicate the track then searching for mono in the action list you'll find the action for the job(i don't remember the name but i bet you can figure it out), not exactly track split but it works
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:18 PM   #3
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Duplicate track or event/clip you would convert to mono

and >Item setting>Item channel Mode>Mono.
convert to mono, one from left channel other from right.









hope this helps.
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:36 PM   #4
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Old 04-24-2009, 07:57 PM   #5
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Wow, it really seems like you should be able to right click and then select something like "split to two mono tracks"
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Old 04-24-2009, 08:13 PM   #6
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Create a custom action like this:



and then assign a keystroke to perform that action.



NOTE: It probably won't work the way you expect if you have more than one track selected when you perform the action...but it sure makes it easier. Yay for custom actions!

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Old 04-24-2009, 09:46 PM   #7
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For what it's worth, in Reaper 3 you will be able to right click to split stereo (or multichannel) audio to mono tracks. In 2.58 the methods described above will work fine (the end result is the same).
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Is that in the v3 beta? can't find it.
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Old 04-24-2009, 10:31 PM   #10
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Holy sh*t! That works SO freakin' nice! the new items are nested in folder tracks and all...yay, you.

The individual left/right sub-tracks should probably be created panned left/right, but that's a quibble...and it would also be problematic what to do with > 2 channel tracks.

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reaper 3? where have I been? Where do you download the beta?
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Old 04-25-2009, 02:14 AM   #12
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www.landoleet.org or follow the links in the pre-release forum.
Its so good you'll wet your pants.

Schwa: cheers! not sure why I didn't look there.
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Old 04-29-2009, 05:17 PM   #13
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Is it possible to do the opposite: creating a stereo file out of two mono tracks ?!
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Old 04-29-2009, 05:45 PM   #14
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It will not be one stereo file unless you render but it should work with a track in free item positionning mode and with "auto reposition items in free positionning mode" command, I'm sure there is a way to make a custom action involving the channel mode as well.

I will try later on.

The above fonction doesn't really create a mono file. It's kind of two stereo hard panned. Am I wrong?

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Old 04-29-2009, 05:47 PM   #15
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Quote:
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For what it's worth, in Reaper 3 you will be able to right click to split stereo (or multichannel) audio to mono tracks. In 2.58 the methods described above will work fine (the end result is the same).
Very killer and a big two thumbs up for implementing this!!

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This is one serious bump! We are now at Reaper 5!

I was wondering if this command of splitting a stereo track into two mono tracks could be implemented as a batch process? I often need to convert multiple files like this and a batch process would be the most helpful and logical solution.
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AudioMove (free cross platform app) can do it in a batch. Replacing original files or not.
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I really wish REAPER could do this the way Audition handles it - simply click and drag across either R or L or both to audition or edit the section you want. One reason I still find a use for Audition...
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Old 09-20-2017, 04:27 AM   #19
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Quote:
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AudioMove (free cross platform app) can do it in a batch. Replacing original files or not.
Nice tip. A bit hard to find. Audiomove.org isn't the place to be.

This is:

https://public.msli.com/lcs/audiomove/

It's made by Jeremy Friesner, of Meyer fame.
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