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Break a stereo track into mono tracks

The Breakout To Mono command creates mono audio master clips from a clip’s stereo or 5.1 surround audio. Breaking out a stereo clip results in two mono audio clips—one for each channel. Breaking out a 5.1 surround clip results in six mono audio clips—five channels plus the LFE channel. The original master clip is always preserved.

  1. In the Project panel, select a clip containing stereo or 5.1 surround audio.
  2. Choose Clip > Audio Options > Breakout To Mono.

    The resulting clips are given filenames reflecting the name of the original clip, followed by the channel names. For example, a stereo audio clip named Zoom becomes two files named Zoom Left and Zoom Right. The Breakout To Mono command doesn’t create new files, only new master clips with appropriate source channel mapping.

    The Breakout To Mono command doesn’t create clips that are linked. To create mono clips that are linked, use the Source Channel Mappings command.