How to add a single channel audio file?

[Mike Kujbida]

[John Riker] “I have added the video file and the audio file to the track however have seen pictures where you define left/right/rear/etc. Where is that?”

Set it up as a 5.1 project first.
File – Properties – Audio – Master bus mode – 5.1 surround

” I know I won’t use all that stuff but just adding this single track and having no way to identify that it’s a center channel bothers me.”

Why? Unless you’re doing a surround sound project, don’t let it bother you.

“For reference on Vegas Pro 11 and when I right click on the audio track and select Channels, it’s greyed out.”

It’s greyed out because it’s a mono track.

“Even if I dup the audio channel and want to define one left and one right.”

Pan one channel hard left and the other hard right.

“Besides knowing above how to define the channel, since it comes from a source that defined this as a center channel are there any recommendations on the final output? Should I be duplicating this file and making it pseudo stereo? Will leaving it center channel play right on a 5.1 system?”

I’ve never done a 5.1 project so I’ll let someone who has answer this question.