Audio capture Mono or stereo for a mono lav mic?

We recorded a video where we captured the sound using a lav mic recording mono on one channel.
When I capture the tape (audio and video) into Final Cut Pro, would it be better to capture in mono or stereo? Thanks.

ericward6547 wrote:
Hi Jim, the filming is already finished. I'm talking about putting my footage into final cut. I just don't know if I should select mono or stereo in the clip settings when I capture from my camera.
That's what I was talking about too.
What is your final deliverable? for the web? For home enjoyment on tv, for broadcast? for cinema projection? Each of these has it's own aural space that you should be mixing for.
Personally, I like to put everything in the timeline, even if eventually I don't use it and remove it later. If for nothing else than the odd piece of room tone that becomes necessary.
But if you've got one person talking, in mono, bring him in in mono, and pan the track to where you want it in your mix.

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When you captured, are you certain you had the audio capture settings the same for all clips? You can set it for Stereo, Ch 1 + Ch 2, Ch 1, Ch 2 or a Mono Mix.
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+Is stereo when the symbol shows two circles side by side?+
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Audio capture Mono or stereo for a mono lav mic?

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