How to Transform A Mono Audio Track to Stereo
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How to Transform A Mono Audio Track to Stereo

on Jan 14th 2013 with 7 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Time: 10 minutes
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Requirements: Logic Pro or other DAW

How do you turn a mono recording into stereo? There are many ways, and in this tutorial we’ll cover one traditional technique – virtual double tracking. It avoids stereo enhancement plugins, and I used it effectively in a recent live Jazz recording session.

In this tutorial we transform a piano from mono to stereo using Logic Pro. But the same technique can be used for any instrument or vocals, and works in most DAWs.

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  • Filip

    You do have to look out with what instruments you’r applying this technique.
    If you put a mono plugin on your master you will hear the chorus effect and with some instruments or recordings you will hear that it sounds very hollow in mono.

  • Filip

    please ignore my comment above,I made a mistake,I tried this with 2 mono tracks panned left and right :).

    Make sure the tracks you pan are stereo tracks :).

    Sorry but I’m still in learning phase :)

  • Filip

    Okay ,on some instruments with the right way :) I still experience a little

    to much chorus effect if I put it in mono on my master.

  • Tulaga Whitcombe

    Actual technique begins at 5:47 you’re welcome

  • n/a

    I’m confused here… is this a tutorial, or are you selling plugins? 3:40 in and I’m still none the wiser

  • mbejvb

    My questions is how dissect one track with multiple instruments and put each instrument on a separate track?

  • https://plus.google.com/112767041460502214504 Greg Miernicki

    Awesome tip!