Exporting stereo tracks (DP-24SD)

[aldepi]

Hi,
my first post here.
I'm planning to buy a DP-24SD, and I've begun to read the online manual.
There's a thing that's not clear to me, regarding exporting STEREO tracks, I mean from 13/14 to 23/24.

The manual says that only MONO FILES can be exported through the AudioDepot, so...I don't understand, how do I export, for instance, a stereo recording that's on track 13/14? Two single files, one for track 13 and the other for 14, and then remix them in a DAW?

 

[Phil Tipping]

Can only speak for the dp-32sd, but I think they behave the same way - the left & right tracks appear as two separate mono files in the export list. Your DAW may have a function to convert 2 monos to stereo. If not, can either bounce them to stereo on the DAW or just leave them as mono's and pan them left & right.
Make sure you check out the dp-32 before committing - I know it's more money but the ability to switch the stereo tracks to mono may affect the decision. Let us know how you get on.

 

[Sam Trenholme]

Right now, since the DP32SD is on sale with many (but not all) retailers in the US, it costs the same as a DP24SD, so I think it’s a no brainer to get the more tracks. Get one while the sale is still on. Even if not, the 20% difference in price for significantly more tracks is negligible.

 

[Sam Trenholme]

To clarify, the DP32 doesn’t really have 32 tracks. It has 20 tracks: 8 mono and 12 stereo tracks. Likewise, the DP24 has 18 tracks: 12 mono and six stereo tracks. The stereo tracks can be treated like mono tracks, but they’re nice to have in stereo for recording modern synths or for printing (recording to a track instead of adding at mixdown) reverb.

 

[Saxomohawh]

I dont really understand why it is made this way (the "stereo tracks"). I mean there is really no advantage to have a pair of stereo tracks compared to two mono tracks, is there? If you record a mono signal you waste one track, and if yo record a stereo signal you might as well use two mono tracks?

I guess you can bounce two already recorded mono tracks to a stereo pair to free up more mono tracks? And then treat them as two separate mono tracks when mixing, wouldnt that be a possible workaround to really get 24 or 32 tracks (depending on model)?

 

[Phil Tipping]

You're right if there's no choice, but it's easier in practice to handle a stereo track as a single entity, e.g. gain, EQ, aux sends etc.

 

[Saxomohawh]

I havent used any stereo track yet, but since they anyway uses two physical connections/inputs there is still one gain and one lever per channel (?) Maybe the internal effects works on both channels, if that is what you mean.

 

[Phil Tipping]

If you're describing the recording process then yes, it would involve 2 gains (trims) as each pre-amp is mono, although the faders don't affect recording levels. The issue is when playing back and mixing down. A stereo track only has one fader, one set of EQ controls, one send level for each send output, etc. so although it is possible to use a pair of mono tracks, it's harder to control as you'd have to keep everything in sync, e.g. a simple fade moving 2 faders may cause the stereo image to move around if you're not careful. A better example is EQ; the knobs only apply to the one selected track (mono or stereo) at any one time, so keeping these in sync across 2 mono tracks would be impossible.

 

[Saxomohawh]

Ok!