[audacity4blind] Re: Separating Stereo Channels on NLS-type Recordings

  • From: Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:19:08 +0100

1) Context menu > Split Stereo to Mono.
2) Select the reversed track.
3) From the Effect menu > Reverse.
4) Export each track individually.

There are several ways to accomplish step 4. One method is to select
one track and use "File menu > Export Selection", then repeat for the
other track.

Steve


On 25 August 2012 02:57, Rich De Steno <ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have some old cassettes that I recorded on four distinct tracks like the
> old NLS tapes.  I want to record the separate tracks in Audacity.  Here is
> the problem.  As I run a cassette through one side, it obviously records the
> left track forward and the right track backward due to the NLS format.  I
> went into the context menu and selected separation of the stereo tracks.  I
> then went back into the context menu and selected the left track, which is
> the forward track.  I went back a third time and selected mono.  This was
> effective in giving me the forward left track in the middle, but I cannot
> get rid of the backward track on the right side.  What steps am I missing to
> separate these tracks so that they can be saved in a forward direction in
> separate files?
>
> --
> Rich De Steno
>
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