Stereo Track Showing as Mono Track in Edit View

I know this is probably something ridiculously simple :-)...but, I CANNOT figure out why a stereo track I'm working with is looking like a mono track in edit view.
What am I missing?

His Productions wrote:
I know this is probably something ridiculously simple :-)
What am I missing?
Yup...
Go to View>Waveform Channels and take the check out of 'Layered'...
Incidentally, the clue was that you have both channels displayed at the top of the screen - Layering is the only thing that will superimpose them.

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Leon, Here is a file explaining what Monomaker does.
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After recently downloading DV footage, I find that
there is only a "mono" channel shown on the timeline.
Several subsequent "test" takes and downloads
continue to produce only the mono channel. Imported
"aiff" files appear in timeline with stereo tracks,
but material from my DV camera continues to only
contain a single mono track. (All settings on
camera have been checked and re-checked and appear
OK)
Is there some setting in FCE HD that needs to be
re-set? If so, where is it??
Any input/advice will be appreciated.
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therealkenrg wrote:
I'd like to separate this one stereo track into two mono tracks
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#stereotomono
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hello!
I had a question about importing a stereo track. I'm in a stereo multitrack right now, and open a stereo track in that, but
I'm still not sure how to split the stereo track into two mono tracks.
Right now it's just playing on the Left side of the headphone. How do I get it so that there are two tracks - one on top of the other?
Help?
Thank you for bearing with my training wheels here!
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trailmixalot wrote:
hello!
I had a question about importing a stereo track. I'm in a stereo multitrack right now, and open a stereo track in that, but I'm still not sure how to split the stereo track into two mono tracks.
I'm not sure why you want to do this. If you put a stereo track into a stereo session, then it will play in stereo. If you want to alter the relative left and right levels of the track, you use the Pan control in the mixer. If you can't hear both channels, then you need to check the mixer's master output options (where it says Default output at the top) and make sure that you have a stereo option selected - if you don't have this selected properly, you'll definitely only hear one channel.

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