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Using the Channel Converter

1.Open the Voiceover.pca file. Notice that this is a mono file.

2.From the Process menu, choose Channel Converter. The Channel Converter dialog appears.

3.From the Preset drop-down list, choose Mono to Stereo-100%and click OK. The mono file converts to stereo with equal levels mixed to the left and right channels.

The file is converted to stereo

Channel Converter controls

The following controls are located in the Channel Converter dialog.

Output channels

These radio buttons determine the number of channels (mono or stereo) in the output file.

New left channel pane

The following three controls are located in the New left channel pane of the Channel Converter dialog.

Control

Description

From left

Determines the amount of the original left channel data mixed into the new left channel.

From right

Determines the amount of the original right channel data mixed into the new left channel.

 

 

Invert left channel mix

Selecting the Invert left channel mix check box reverses the polarity of the new left

 

channel.

 

 

New right channel pane

The following three controls are located in the New right channel pane of the Channel Converter dialog.

Control

Description

From left

Determines the amount of the original left channel data mixed into the new right channel.

From right

Determines the amount of the original right channel data mixed into the new right

 

channel.

 

 

Invert right channel mix

Selecting the Invert right channel mix check box reverses the polarity of the new right

 

channel.

 

 

Convert to specified output channels only (no custom mixing)

Selecting the Convert to specified output channels only check box makes all of the dialog’s controls unavailable and results in the following:

When converting from mono to stereo, each new stereo channel is an exact copy of the original mono file.

When converting from stereo to mono, the new mono channel consists of both of the original stereo channels mixed at 50% volume.

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