Need Pros/Cons Of Recording - Mono Source to Stereo Track

MikeShaw · January 11, 2017, 4:13pm

Prock:

Mrhehon:

Mono = one audio source
Stereo = two audio sources. I can see no advantage in turning one audio source into two identical audio sources.

So to avoid the steps of moving recordings to the stereo track, I just started to record mono directly to a stereo track and never had an issue going forward. I can insert a compressor and whatever other dynamic effects without issue.

In Cubase, there might be real reasons users need record to a mono track. Maybe some special post mixing or mastering techniques require that it be done from a mono track? Maybe something else during mixdown or converting mono to real stereo? I don’t know of any. To be honest, I’m not even sure why Cubase has mono tracks available. If you or anyone else has some ideas please share them.

Regards

At this moment, I have a problem panning a mono track, which basically fades out completely as I pan to the right. In comparing it to recordings from the same mono input to a stereo track I see I can pan the instrument anywhere I like (using a stereo track). I can make it sound perfectly in right ear or left ear - or anywhere in between.

So I think from this discussion (this whole page of posts) I need to record onto a stereo track in future. This will allow me to pan - what I think is called COMBINED PANNER so the result is I can move the instrument - intact- wherever I want.

With a mono input to a mono track - I seem to be stuck with fading out the left ear only as I pan the instrument to the right.

Is this correct?

And my fix for current situation is to create a new stereo track, and drag the mono track onto it, which will allow me to pan the instrument with full sound - intact - anywhere I want. (I must test this tonight.)

Thanks to all for your valuable help!
Mike