Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Posted by: earthrisers Date:6/4/2007 7:25:30 PM I have a stereo file that's made up of one channel of audio that was captured through my video camera's on-camera mic, and one channel that was captured through an external wireless mic connected to one channel of the camera's audio. I want to create two new stereo files -- each one will be a Doubling of one of the two original tracks. When I select the left channel of the original and copy it to a new stereo file, the result is what I would expect, and what I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be: the one original channel gets copied to both channels of the new file. But when I select the Right channel of the original and copy it to a new stereo file, BOTH channels of the original get copied. The result is that the new file is an exact copy of the old file. Not what I want. I'm pretty sure this used to work properly in the previous release of SF. To get around the quirk, I have to copy the original Right channel to a new MONO file, and then copy that file into a new stereo file. That gives me the result I want, but the extra steps and the inconsistent behavior are a wee bit annoying.
Subject:RE: Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Reply by: Chienworks Date:6/5/2007 5:07:47 AM This is a workaround, not a fix, but it might be faster than the way you're doing it anyway ... Use Process / Channel Converter to convert from stereo to stereo, but select right at 100% for the source of both channels, and left at 0%. Save As to a new file name.
Subject:RE: Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Reply by: ForumAdmin Date:6/5/2007 6:41:55 AM This is definitely a bug. It will be resolved in the next update. Sorry for the inconvenience. J.
Subject:RE: Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Reply by: Chienworks Date:6/5/2007 3:12:17 PM Curious question, not really related to the bug but more to your procedure ... Why do you need to create stereo files? If both channels are identical then a mono file would do the job just as well and only take up half the hard drive space.
Subject:RE: Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Reply by: earthrisers Date:6/5/2007 7:18:01 PM I suspect you're quite right, Kelly. These sound files are soundtrack files for a DVD, the soundtrack of which will be rendered as Dolby ac3, StereoDVD option. Would mono files work just as well, given that ultimate target format?
Subject:RE: Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track Reply by: Chienworks Date:6/5/2007 8:29:56 PM Indeed they would. Wherever a mono track is used to produce stereo output, the mono track is copied equally to both channels.

Subject:Strange quirk in SF9 when copying 1 track

Posted by: earthrisers

Date:6/4/2007 7:25:30 PM

I have a stereo file that's made up of one channel of audio that was captured through my video camera's on-camera mic, and one channel that was captured through an external wireless mic connected to one channel of the camera's audio.
I want to create two new stereo files -- each one will be a Doubling of one of the two original tracks.
When I select the left channel of the original and copy it to a new stereo file, the result is what I would expect, and what I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be: the one original channel gets copied to both channels of the new file.
But when I select the Right channel of the original and copy it to a new stereo file, BOTH channels of the original get copied. The result is that the new file is an exact copy of the old file. Not what I want.

I'm pretty sure this used to work properly in the previous release of SF.
To get around the quirk, I have to copy the original Right channel to a new MONO file, and then copy that file into a new stereo file. That gives me the result I want, but the extra steps and the inconsistent behavior are a wee bit annoying.