# Playing mono WAV on windows only in left channel
**URL:** https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107
**Category:** General JUCE discussion
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107 "2011-11-16T18:56:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://forum.juce.com/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107/1 "2011-11-16T18:56:40Z")
Hi,
i have some mono WAV samples that i want to play. these are 22k mono wav files of things like beeps. they playback ok in other software, but in Juce i get only the left channel, or maybe very low in right channel, it’s not easy to tell.
im doing essentially the same thing as the Juce demo and, sure enough, the juce demo also only plays the left channel. i’ve attached beep.wav as a test (zipped).
it’s either a bug, or i need to somehow persuade it to fulfill both channels.
any help appreciated,
– hugh.
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### Author:  [@jules](https://forum.juce.com/u/jules)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107/2 "2011-11-16T19:01:53Z")
That’s odd. Is it just a problem in your app, or does it also fail if you use the juce demo’s audio playback page to select them?
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://forum.juce.com/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107/3 "2011-11-16T19:57:16Z")
yes, that’s what i mean. the jucedemo also plays only the left channel, select the wav file in the demo and play it.
now, possibly, i just need to tell something somewhere i want mono-\>stereo.
i tried changing formats, eg ogg and it’s the same. only the left plays when mono. stereo data is fine.
… unless it’s something with my machine here?
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### Author:  [@jules](https://forum.juce.com/u/jules)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107/4 "2011-11-16T21:12:35Z")
Dammit, looks like I must have buggered something up recently - there was a typo in the audio format reader. I’ve checked in a fix now, thanks for spotting it!
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://forum.juce.com/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/playing-mono-wav-on-windows-only-in-left-channel/11107/5 "2011-11-16T23:18:55Z")
Hi,
Yes, that fixes it. everything works here now.
thanks a lot for the quick fix.
– hugh.