Right-click the stereo audio track on Timeline and choose a desired command from the "Audio" menu.

nf_099_SplitChannels
Note
This command is not available for mono and 5.1 tracks.

Left Only and Right Only

Choose from the "Left only" or "Right only" commands to set the attribute "Left only" or "Right only" to the selected audio track. You can see if the audio track is left only by the "(l)" next to the clip name or right only by the "(r)" next to the clip name.

AudioChannel_LeftOnly

AudioChannel_RightOnly

Split Channels

The "Split channels" command creates a copy of the clip and assigns "left only" – "right only" attributes to both clip instances. The first available audio track is used to place the copy of the track.

Note
If there are no empty tracks available, the "Split channels" command fails.

The "Split channels" command does not balance the left and right audio tracks; the audio balance is kept centered. To adjust the audio balance settings, you will have to use Audio Mixer.

SplitChannel_AudioMixer

When working with stereo audio channels use the "Split & Pan" command described below to automatically balance the left and right audio channels.

Split & Pan Channels

If you are working with stereo audio clips and you want to split the channels, use the "Split & Pan" sub-command from the right-click audio channel menu. The "Split & Pan" command has the advantage that the left and right channels are balanced accordingly. The result can be seen in Audio Mixer:

SplitAndPan_AudioMixer
Important
Refer to the Audio Mixer article to find out more about adjusting audio channels.
Note
This command works only in clip mode of Audio Mixer.