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I have a bass track and drum track recorded in mono. I always record in mono because I usually play the tracks back though an amp. I'm now experimenting with click tracks and I'm able to create/add/sync one up without a problem. Now I would like to isolate the click track for my drummer to use. I'm finding that if I put the bass on one channel (left), and the click track on another channel (right), I don't get total isolation. I'm not sure if I'm even doing it correctly so here are some questions:

1) Should I be creating the click track in stereo versus mono?

2) Does panning fit into this at all?

Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Lawrie wrote: I'm finding that if I put the bass on one channel (left), and the click track on another channel (right),...

How exactly are you doing that? (step by step, click by click)
I think that you may be missing just one step, but I'm not sure which one as I can't see what you're doing

steve wrote:

Lawrie wrote: How exactly are you doing that? (step by step, click by click)
I think that you may be missing just one step, but I'm not sure which one as I can't see what you're doing

Hi Steve,

Here's a screen shot for reference:



What you see in the pic is the Drum Track (which is muted), Bass track, Label Track, and Click Track (right now labelled Audio Track). After creating and syncing the click track, I then went to the "Bass Track" menu and clicked on "Right Channel". I then went to the "Audio Track" menu and clicked on "Left Channel".

Lawrie wrote:I then went to the "Bass Track" menu and clicked on "Right Channel". I then went to the "Audio Track" menu and clicked on "Left Channel".

That will give you precisely what you're after - Bass track in the right channel and Click (Audio) track in the left channel.

Check your sound card settings and ensure that no "enhancements" or "environmental effects" are being applied.

steve wrote:

Lawrie wrote:That will give you precisely what you're after - Bass track in the right channel and Click (Audio) track in the left channel. Check your sound card settings and ensure that no "enhancements" or "environmental effects" are being applied.

Ok, I'll check that out. Thanks Steve.

Just a quick follow up. It was my sound card settings. In 2 channel "7.1 Virtual Mode", there's channel bleed. When disabled, it separates the channels perfectly. Thanks again.

Glad you found it, and thanks for the feedback. I'll mark this as Solved.