Re: Capturing Only 1 Channel of a Stereo Device

Måns Rullgård <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.sox
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Kenny Koller <[email protected]> writes:

> We have been using Sox, a Mac, and a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (configured to
> be the default audio input) to capture samples from an electret microphone.
> We often capture data for several hours and will use the command below to
> do so. Is it possible to only capture one channel of the device to keep the
> file sizes smaller?
>
> Thanks.
>
> $ ./rec test.raw
> Input File     : 'default' (coreaudio)
> Channels       : 2
> Sample Rate    : 96000
> Precision      : 32-bit
> Sample Encoding: 32-bit Signed Integer PCM

Use "remix 1" to discard the second channel.  The Focusrite device
probably doesn't support capturing only one channel.

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Måns Rullgård

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