Help! Audio file sounds hollow compared to other two

Question

I am attaching the first 30 seconds of a podcast that I am editing for reference. I have no idea what happened to the first audio file to make it sound completely different than the other two. It sounds completely fine and normal with headphones but sounds way off when I'm listening through the computer speakers. But, only the one file is off. Does anyone know what effects I can put on it to make it sound closer to the other two?

Mike Russell · Answer

It sounds (and looks) like the audio is out of phase. You can see this by opening the Phase Meter in the Window menu. When the pointer dips into the red audio is out of phase.

Easy way to fix is copy one channel (left) and overwrite the other channel (right) so that both stereo channels are perfectly in sync.

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