How can I select and delete the left track of a stereo recording in Logic Pro X

Question

I have a simple question about the audio editor from Logic Pro X. After recording some ambience of a outdoor scene I've seen that I was recording the scene in stereo. I used only one microphone which means that there is a "flatline" channel now which I would like to get rid of.

To achieve this in some audio editors (i.e. Audition) I simply selected the left or right channel by moving the mouse to the top or bottom of the channel and then I could edit only the mono track. By hitting "delete" it was gone and the whole sample turned into a mono track.

How is ist possible to

1. Edit only the left or right channel of a stereo recording
2. Delete one channel completely from a stereo recording

in Logic Pro X?

Thanks in advance

Jack

Answer 1

Take a look at the bottom of the Channel Strip section. Here you will find a Format button that shows if the track is stereo or mono (there is a two-circle icon indicating it is stereo):

or

Click-hold the button and select either Left or Right channel:

Additional details in the manual around page 264-265.

Note that if you want to physically change the file format, you need to bounce a split stereo PCM, reimport one of the channels, delete the other (and the original stereo file and track).

Answer 2

What I would do is set the output of your stereo track to a stereo bus, let's say Bus 1-2. Then create two mono audio tracks and set one's input to Bus 1 and the other's to Bus 2 and record the entire track. Hard pan L and R these two mono tracks and edit them as you please!