[audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES

From: "David Engebretson Jr." <accessible.engineering@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 13:00:26 -0700

What's the device you are using? Did you install the appropriate drivers for
it?

One quick thing to check in Audacity, okay, maybe four quick things: Did you
check your preferences->device settings to make sure your interface host,
output and recording devices, and the number of channels you want are set
correctly?

Thanks!

From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Marius Coetzee
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2020 7:47 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES

Hi Andrew

Thank you for your e-mail.

My mixer has the stereo output for left and right.  I use also the stereo
cable with the two connectors at the end and one connector to the other end.
When I plug the cable into the line input, all the sounds coming through the
left hand side speaker.

When I use the USB option, all the sounds coming through both speakers.  The
channels that I pan to the left coming also through both speakers.

I try to go to the sound settings in the control panel, as you suggested,
but I cannot find the option to change the input to stereo for the USB
device.  I will try again later.

Regards

From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Tuesday, 07 July 2020 11:03
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES

Hi Marius

Mixers I have encountered have two outputs, one for left and one for right.
In that case you would need a cable with two connectors at one end and a
stereo connector at the other.  If your mixer has a single stereo out, you
would need a stereo cable for the line in on the computer.  The mic input
will almost certainly be mono.  It is also far from ideal to record from a
mixer into a mic input.

If your mixer can be connected to the computer via a USB cable, that would
be my preferred option.  One issue I have occasionally come across is that
Windows sets input to mono.  Go into sound settings for your USB input and
check that.

Andrew

From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Marius Coetzee
Sent: Monday, 6 July 2020 8:07 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES

Good day all

I hope someone can help me.

I do not know if there are a setting on Audacity that I miss.

I have a few microphones plugged in on my mixer and I do left & right
panning with some of them.  I have a cable running from the output of the
mixer to the line input of the desktop computer.  When I record in stereo
and play the recording back, all sounds coming through the left hand side
speaker.  When I plug the cable into the mic input, all sound coming through
the right hand side speaker.  When I try the USB soundcard, all sounds
coming through both speakers, including those that I pan to the left.

When I use the onboard soundcard of the laptop, there is no problem, only on
the desktop.

Regards

Marius

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References:
- [audacity4blind] RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES
  - From: Marius Coetzee
- [audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES
  - From: Andrew Downie
- [audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES
  - From: Marius Coetzee

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