So in my opinion, the Octatrack is short a set of stereo outputs. So as a workaround, I want to convert all my cymbals to hard right to output on cue right, and synths hard left to output cue hard left. Is there a batch program that can help me turn a list of wave files into mono (combining left and right), then cut out the left or right track? Thanks.
What’s your computer OS?
Why don’t you hard pan left or right with OT Balance ?
Windows and Linux
Not the same. The samples I have were sampled in stereo, so that would be leaving out part of the info.
Going to look into rolling my own solution with Python audioop.
I’d check Audacity and Wavosaur.
They probably can batch mono sum. Not sure about deleting left or right only.
Anyway once summed to a mono file you can hard pan, with a left or right choice, and mono files saves RAM.
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So? You’d more likely have phase issues than a “better” sound.
As mentioned you can try audacity and hear the results.
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SOX can do this and run it from a batch file
You may need to reduce volume on the combined L&R channels to avoid clipping
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I’m pretty sure FFMPEG can handle that kind of thing, if you’re handy at writing the appropriate scripts.
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