I have some concert recordings where a ‘Stereo’ program was recorded to two mono wave files.
I want to be able to minimize some of the ‘extraneous’ noises (ie coughs) in SL7.
If I bring the two files in as layers, is there a way to SELECT both layers to apply modifications to both at the same time?
Otherwise, I get a weird phasing type of sound if I edit one layer and then try to do the same type of selection on the other because you cannot make exactly the same selection twice.
I want to keep the two channels separate because I want to then mix in a Cubase project.
However, I would suggest the following to achieve what you need:
-import the 2 mono files as 2 layers (as you do now), call them “left” and “right”
-click Project > Reformat and convert your project to a stereo project
-create a third layer, call it “stereo”
-then select the “left” layer, and in the Channels panel, select the Left channel only.
-click Select > Select All, then Edit > Copy, select the “stereo” layer and then Edit > Paste
-then select the “right” layer, and in the Channels panel, select the Right channel only.
-click Select > Select All, then Edit > Copy, select the “stereo” layer and then Edit > Paste
-in the Channels panel, select both channels now so you can work on both at the same time
-delete the “left” and “right” layers and do your processing on the “stereo” layer
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then at the end:
-click Project > Duplicate
-select the first project, and click Project > Reformat and make it a mono project, in the mixing dialog set Left 100%, Right 0%
-select the second project, and click Project > Reformat and make it a mono project, in the mixing dialog set Right 100%, Left 0%
-you can now export each project accordingly as a left and right mono wav file.
You could take the two mono files and interleave them to a 2-channel stereo file (preferably PCM) in Sound Forge or other DAW editing app, then work on it with SPL-7 .