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Splitting Multichannel Tracks to Mono Tracks

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Splitting Multichannel Tracks to Mono Tracks

You can split a multichannel audio track in the Timeline into separate mono tracks if you want to

edit separate audio channels or if you need to export a sequence either to an older version of the

Avid editing application or to Avid Pro Tools. You can also split a clip or sequence with

multichannel tracks to mono from a bin. You can split individual multichannel tracks to mono, or

you can split all multichannel tracks in your sequence.

When you split a multichannel track, the original multichannel track becomes a mono track and

a new mono tracks are added below the original track. For example, if you split a stereo track on

A1 in the Timeline, the application makes A1 a mono track holding one stereo channel and adds

a second mono track on A2 for the other stereo channel. If A2 already exists in the Timeline, the

application renumbers tracks to allow for the split mono tracks. Also, the application renumbers

tracks to preserve the odd and even track numbers for left and right mono channels. Renumbered

tracks start at the highest track available.

If you duplicate a clip in a bin and split the copy to mono, or if you edit a multichannel clip into

a sequence on multiple tracks and split one track to mono, your sequence can contain both a

multichannel and a mono instance of the same master clip. This does not cause a problem with

editing, playback, or any other operation.

If splitting multichannel tracks to mono tracks causes your sequence to exceed 24 audio tracks,

or if splitting to mono cannot maintain the relative order of tracks or the left/right channel

alignment, the Avid editing application cannot complete the operation and an error message

displays. You can reduce the number of audio tracks in your sequence and retry the operation.

Stereo track A4 (left) split into mono tracks A5 and A6 (right)