why do i have 4 stereo pairs?

[mr.george]

i'm coming out of a tascam 564 mini disk recorder track outs 1-2-3-4 to layla inputs 1-2-3-4....why do I have 4 stereo tracks? the original tracks are:2 seperate vocals,2 seperate guitar tracks...when recorded on cool edit,I get 2 pairs of vocal tracks,two pairs of guitar mixed together....what am I doing wrong? I'm not a computer person,but sheeezzzzz...I've been wasting to much time on time,please help,someone....

[dobro]

It sounds to me like you've got 'stereo' selected in Cool Edit, but I'm not sure.

In CE when you record anything to any track, you have a choice in the Recording Device dialog: left channel, right channel or stereo. What have you got selected?

[mr.george]

checked everything mono or right -left I could find,but when I click on a track it shows stereo.....lost again....

[dobro]

Yeah, well I'm as confused as you. Let's work it a bit, and maybe someone will chime in with something resembling an answer...

What about the Tascam? Is it sending stuff out in stereo? (I don't have a Tascam... I don't even know if that sounds like a dumb question.)

[mr.george]

kept on working it...guess I taught myself by mistake,and your suggestions...things to look for....4 tracks down,60 to go....thanks,mr.george