In article , John R Leddy
wrote:
Now I've opened this can of worms, here's a real-world issue which will
probably never occur again. I have a John Mayall "Blues Breakers With
Eric Clapton" CD [EAN 0042284482721] http://tinyurl.com/plcu65u This CD
contains both mono and stereo tracks which EAC has extracted to all
being stereo. I have separated the tracks into two directories: John
Mayall - 1966 - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Mono), and John Mayall
- 1969 - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Stereo)

I know you're aware I won't be held back by the minutiae, so whether all
the tracks ultimately end up in one directory or two, those faux stereo
tracks will be getting processed at some point. Before I drop them into
Audacity [Tracks - Stereo Track to Mono], I would appreciate your best
practice advice on what to do next.

I'm not sure what you're asking me TBH.

I'd probably use sox to make the tracks into flac files. And add the -c 1
option for the mono examples to get mono flac files. (Use stats at the end
of the command to keep an eye on possible clipping, but it shouldn't
happen.)

FWIW someone in the past found they got clipping with using Audacity to do
a stereo - mono conversion as it added the values before dividing them by
2 to average. But I think they were using fixed point mode. Didn't check
myself as I always use sox for such tasks. I just use audacity for things
like click removal or LP captures.

Jim

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