Samplitude question - cutting short section of right cannel to paste to left

[fobstl]

Hey All,

I have a show where a short section (about 5 seconds) of the left channel cuts out. I am using Samplitude and looking for a way to cut that same section from the right channel and paste it over to the left channel. This will at least make it semi seamless with just the loss of stereo for a few seconds.

This is pretty easy to do in Wavelab but it is a 4 channel and I have it all set up in Samplitude as a virtual project already. I've spent tons of time trying to figure it out with no luck.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks!
Steve

[boojum]

In SAM you can work on one channel at a time.  It is an option in a drop down: Offline Effect.  At the bottom is th option to process the left or the right only.  I had to do the same thing.  The mono bit sticks out like a very sore thumb.  Good luck.

[Brian Skalinder]

The mono bit sticks out like a very sore thumb.

I think smoothing the transition to/from mono helps a lot.  I usually crossfade from stereo to mono and back, usually ~5-15 seconds on either end of the mono section.  Makes the change much less abrupt and easier on the ears.

Edit to add:  if you want to deal with individual tracks, you can also split the stereo file into mono files:  File | Export Audio | Mono / Stereo Convert | Stereo-Wave -> 2 Mono.  This will allow you to treat L and R channel objects independently.  Note this will create new mono WAVs on your HDD.

[boojum]

The mono bit sticks out like a very sore thumb.

I think smoothing the transition to/from mono helps a lot.  I usually crossfade from stereo to mono and back, usually ~5-15 seconds on either end of the mono section.  Makes the change much less abrupt and easier on the ears.

Wish I'd thought of that.   

[live2496]

Good idea Brian.

You could also do it without bouncing. Copy the 5-15 second segment by marking the range and select "copy". Then paste/insert clip to an adjacent track. Put the cursor at the start of the range. Make sure that snap is on and move the new object to snap it into position.

Double-click on the object to bring up the object editor. Rotate the stereo control all the way to the left until it says "mono". This object will now playback in mono.

Now you can use the volume handles of the object to fade in and fade out the new object.

One problem is going to be that the mix is going to be 6db louder because you are combining two tracks. You can fix this by setting the volume level on the object editor to -6 db. 

You also want to do this to the original track. Split the original track at the same points where the new object starts and where it ends. (Use the "t" shortcut to split an object at the current cursor position.) When you have a new object of identical size to the mono object, set the volume fader of that object to -6 db also. Use the volume handles to fade out and fade in so that they have the identical inverse slope as the volume handles of the mono object.

So one object will fade out as the other fades in.

[flipp]

Just what I was looking for - beats creating a new topic for a question that's already been answered.