sound only goes threw one ear

[dabombkid4]

I have no idea why but on the engineer headphones and on the booth headphones its only playin threw 1 ear

[scrubs]

We're gonna need a little more information here. What equipment are you using and what are you trying to do?

[dabombkid4]

using a begringer ub802 running from l and r main out into the in on a 24 bit external soundcard and then running into cool edit. Both the engineer headphones and booth headphones r only going threw the right ear and its not recording onto both speakers. when i playback its only coming threw the right speaker.

[scrubs]

Originally Posted by dabombkid4

using a begringer ub802 running from l and r main out into the in on a 24 bit external soundcard and then running into cool edit. Both the engineer headphones and booth headphones r only going threw the right ear and its not recording onto both speakers. when i playback its only coming threw the right speaker.

What type of cables/connections do you have between the mixer and the soundcard (both in and out)? What soundcard? Are you recording to a mono or stereo track in Cool Edit? What source are you recording (vocal, instrument, etc.)?

My guesses are: wrong cable, wrong software setup, or something is plugged in wrong. However, it would typically be coming out the left channel only (as that is the default mono channel).

[corban]

First thing I would do is check the cables running from the outs of the sound card. Sounds like the left one is not working.

[Sirnothingness]

Perhaps there is nothing between the ears.

[dabombkid4]

there all brand new cables, from the soundcard i have a dual headphone 1/8 headphone jack, plugged into 1 of the inputs is a 1/8 regular pair of headphones, plugged into the other one is a 1/9 to 1/4 converter then a headphone wire, then thats plugged into a y adpater. i had to get the y adapter so i can hear the beat and the headphones at the same time. The weird thing is when i take the dual adapter out of the soundcard and just put in the engineer headphones u can hear both sides. i dunno what the hell is going on

[crankz1]

Sounds like one of your adapters or Y splitter isn't actually stereo.

[Sirnothingness]

Hey Crankz1, can you move your hands please.

[corban]

Yup. You confirm it right there in your post, if you plug the headphones straight into the jack it works. So the problem is the "dual" adaptor. You need a proper stereo adaptor.