[audacity4blind] Re: RECORDING IN STEREO DIFFICULTIES

From: "Andrew Downie" <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:48:39 +1000

Hi Marius

Have you had any luck yet?  It seems that the line in is mono.  Are you sure
it is the line in?

To check the setting for the USB component of your mixer:

1.      Go to sound settings
2.      Select the Recording tab
3.      Arrow to your USB device - probably called USB Audio CODEC
4.      Tab to Properties and press Enter
5.      Find the Advanced tab.  Can be done various ways.  One option is to
tab until you reach the General tab and than press right arrow until you
reach the Advanced tab.  Then tab to the Default Format group.  Arrow
up/down to review options.
6.      If you make a change tab to ok.  Otherwise cancel.

Andrew

From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Marius Coetzee
Sent: Friday, 10 July 2020 12:47 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
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<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

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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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