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Fix audio that plays in one ear

Voice only in the left or right side of your headphones? fix.fm spots it and puts the voice in both ears. Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.

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What's happening

Audio in one ear is when the voice plays only on the left or right side of your headphones. It happens when a mono mic is plugged into one side of a stereo input, which is common with USB interfaces, cameras and recorders that have two inputs. On speakers you might not notice, but on headphones it's uncomfortable, and anyone listening with one earbud may miss it completely.

fix.fm compares the level of the left and right channels. A gap of 6 dB starts to sound lopsided, 10 dB clearly leans to one side, and past 20 dB one side is basically silent.

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The one-ear sample. The waveform looks like any other voice, which is why this is easy to miss. All of it is on the left, and the right side is silent.

How it works here

  1. 01

    Compares the two sides

    It measures the left and right channels while someone is talking, and works out which one is live.

  2. 02

    Puts the voice in both ears

    If one side is dead or both carry the same voice, it copies the live side to both. If each side has a different person, it mixes them together.

  3. 03

    Stays on your computer

    Your file is never uploaded. The fix runs in this browser tab.

Questions

Why is my audio only in one ear?

Most often a mono mic was plugged into input 1 of a two-input recorder or USB interface, and it was recorded as stereo. The mic's sound lands on the left and the right stays empty.

Is my audio uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read and fixed inside this browser tab and never leaves your computer.

I recorded two people, one on each side. What happens?

fix.fm hears that the two sides are different voices and mixes them, so both people are in both ears at an even level.

Will the fixed file be mono or stereo?

Stereo, with the same sound on both sides, so it plays in both ears everywhere. Only the first two channels are changed; any extra channels are left as they were.

OFTEN TURNS UP WITH ONE EAR