Transferring file to audacity only showingin Mono

[funktifeyeno]

Hi

I'm having a recurring problem with Audacity.

When I transfer a track to Audacity (I use it for editing purposes) the track will only show in Mono, even though it is a Stereo track.

I can play the track through other sources and it will always play in stereo, but will only show in mono in audacity.

Any ideas

Thanks

D

[steve]

When I transfer a track to Audacity

How are you doing that?

[funktifeyeno]

Just taking a file from my desktop, dragging and dropping into audacity

[steve]

And how do you know that it is a stereo file?

[funktifeyeno]

yeh, it's a stereo file

I've taken it from my itunes (checked info that's it' stereo), dragged + dropped onto my desktop, then dragged + dropped into audacity

Turns into mono track

[steve]

If you right click on the file on your desktop, then select "properties" you should be able to see what the file type is, the number of audio channels, bit rate/sample rate, and various other information.

[scalywg]

Appologies if this is too obvious - but I found this post when trying solve the same problem. After some reading I worked out that the Audio I/o tab in preferences was hidden - so go to Edit ->Preferences and enlarge that box (pull on the lower right corner)until you can see all the tabs at the top and the go to the AudioI/O and choose 2 channels from the drop down.