Stereo vs. Ch 1 + Ch 2

[Judy Singh]

if i’m understanding you correctly…

yes, you should reverse your thinking about stereo – stereo means each channel, left and right, seperated whereas ch1 and ch2 (not in stereo) automatically mixes the audio — but just in the timeline. it’s still in channels regardless of how it was set when you captured it.

i do the same thing all the time and shoot with the main mic on ch1 and the camera mic on ch2.

all you have to do is option + click ch2 to selcet it and delete it. then option click ch1 to selct it, and then option drag it to copy it down to ch2. this way you will have “ch1” on both ch1 and 2. remember to re-link all the channels. at this point stereo or not doesn’t matter because its the same thing on both channels.

alternatively, you could centre pan ch1 and pan down ch2 or delete it all togehter.

hope this helps!

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[Walter Biscardi]

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[Nick Price]

Alternately, i would put both channels into the timeline, and dubbing mixer likes having all the options, highlight and press ‘alt L’, and the little arrows at the beginning of the audio clip will disappear and you can move the audio control seperately for each channel. Keep them centre panned, and just turn down the track you dont want.
nick

[Alexander Lee]

I’m giving my transcribers only the quicktime files to listen to. So is it safe to assume that in their headphones the left side will be Ch. 1 and the right side Ch. 2 of my camera footage? My concern was that I would have to redigitize my footage to get separate channels of sound, but according to what you guys have said the difference between “stereo” and “Ch 1 + Ch 2” is just a panning function within FCP. Correct?

Thanks,
Alexander