Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How do you make your microphone go to both sides of your audio track in your camera? Here's how to fix it before and after any recording. Gear used linked below & all my gear at kit.co/rayortega
UPDATE 2026! What About TRS? Answered! youtu.be/6Fv2iHl5Xoo
If you have a microphone that is only sending audio to one side of the stereo track in your video camera (DLSR, mirrorless, etc.) then you probably have a mono microphone. That is, a microphone, most likely a lavalier/lapel (lav.) mic., that is mono and when you plug it into a microphone input on a camera which records a stereo track, then you only get audio to the left side of the audio track.
To fix this, you can buy a cheap adapter that will send audio to both the left and right side (dual mono) or if you have already recorded the audio and need to fix it in your video editor, then here's how to do that in both Premiere Pro and FCPX.
In Premiere Pro, you can use the effect, "fill right with left" on your audio track and this will send the audio that was recorded only on the left channel to the right channel making your audio dual mono which means it will come out of both speakers or both sides of your headphones when played back.
The better way to do this in Premiere Pro is to right-click on the audio track – audio channels – select Left in the right channel box. I prefer this method because it's faster but also because now your waveform that shows in your timeline will display waveforms on both the left and right of your audio track.
In FCPX, select the audio track to be fixed, navigate to the audio settings and change the track from stereo to dual mono. That's it.
One cool feature having a stereo track to record to, is the ability to buy a stereo splitter and insert two microphones allowing you to record two tracks of audio, one on the left and one on the right. In post production you can break this stereo track apart into two mono tracks and now you have to separate tracks of audio which can be individually processed.
WHAT IF your mic has two black rings (TRS)?? I answered that here: youtu.be/6Fv2iHl5Xoo
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🎥 🖥 📱🎤 GEAR USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO 🤘
► Mono to Stereo adapter: amzn.to/2LCuKH0
► Sony a6500: podhelp.me/a6500kit1BH
► LENS: Sony FE 28mm f/2 bit.ly/sonyfe28f2BH
► Mic: Aspen Mics HQ-M Mono Lavalier podhelp.me/AspenMicsMonoLav
► Stereo Breakout cable for recording two mics into a single stereo channel podhelp.me/HOSAYMM261-3_5TRStoDual3_5TSF
► Transcend 65GB SDXC card for 4K podhelp.me/Trans64U3zon
► VO mic: Shure SM7B: podhelp.me/sm7bZon
► SmallRig Cage for Sony a6500/a6300 podhelp.me/smallriga65006300BH
► Adobe Creative Cloud podhelp.me/CC1yearBHdownload
*all links should be considered affiliate links. Using these links helps support this content. I always encourage you to shop around for the best prices at the time you are viewing this. You can read my ethics statement via thepodcastersstudio.com/ethics. Thanks for the support!
How do you make your microphone go to both sides of your audio track in your camera? Here's how to fix it before and after any recording. Gear used linked below & all my gear at kit.co/rayortega
UPDATE 2026! What About TRS? Answered! youtu.be/6Fv2iHl5Xoo
If you have a microphone that is only sending audio to one side of the stereo track in your video camera (DLSR, mirrorless, etc.) then you probably have a mono microphone. That is, a microphone, most likely a lavalier/lapel (lav.) mic., that is mono and when you plug it into a microphone input on a camera which records a stereo track, then you only get audio to the left side of the audio track.
To fix this, you can buy a cheap adapter that will send audio to both the left and right side (dual mono) or if you have already recorded the audio and need to fix it in your video editor, then here's how to do that in both Premiere Pro and FCPX.
In Premiere Pro, you can use the effect, "fill right with left" on your audio track and this will send the audio that was recorded only on the left channel to the right channel making your audio dual mono which means it will come out of both speakers or both sides of your headphones when played back.
The better way to do this in Premiere Pro is to right-click on the audio track – audio channels – select Left in the right channel box. I prefer this method because it's faster but also because now your waveform that shows in your timeline will display waveforms on both the left and right of your audio track.
In FCPX, select the audio track to be fixed, navigate to the audio settings and change the track from stereo to dual mono. That's it.
One cool feature having a stereo track to record to, is the ability to buy a stereo splitter and insert two microphones allowing you to record two tracks of audio, one on the left and one on the right. In post production you can break this stereo track apart into two mono tracks and now you have to separate tracks of audio which can be individually processed.
WHAT IF your mic has two black rings (TRS)?? I answered that here: youtu.be/6Fv2iHl5Xoo
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/rayortega
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/podcasthelper
TWITTER: twitter.com/podcasthelper
🎥 🖥 📱🎤 GEAR USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO 🤘
► Mono to Stereo adapter: amzn.to/2LCuKH0
► Sony a6500: podhelp.me/a6500kit1BH
► LENS: Sony FE 28mm f/2 bit.ly/sonyfe28f2BH
► Mic: Aspen Mics HQ-M Mono Lavalier podhelp.me/AspenMicsMonoLav
► Stereo Breakout cable for recording two mics into a single stereo channel podhelp.me/HOSAYMM261-3_5TRStoDual3_5TSF
► Transcend 65GB SDXC card for 4K podhelp.me/Trans64U3zon
► VO mic: Shure SM7B: podhelp.me/sm7bZon
► SmallRig Cage for Sony a6500/a6300 podhelp.me/smallriga65006300BH
► Adobe Creative Cloud podhelp.me/CC1yearBHdownload
*all links should be considered affiliate links. Using these links helps support this content. I always encourage you to shop around for the best prices at the time you are viewing this. You can read my ethics statement via thepodcastersstudio.com/ethics. Thanks for the support!
