OK i got the point but should I've to pan the channel (output) of the mixer (interface) at the center or to be slightly panned left or right. any way thanks for caring.
You could record vocals in stereo.
What will happen though is that the voice will most likely start wandering left to right whenever the singer moves their head. Also, when played in mono, you're risking phase issues.
A voice is a mono signal, record it in mono. It saves you a lot of trouble and stereo gives you 0 benefits.
Do not confuse recording to a stereo track with recording in stereo.
Wrong...unless the poster is using two microphones and there's nothing to indicate that he is.
I'm using sonar 8.5 and i used to record my vocal tracks stereo like other music tracks but I've read that it is preferable to record vocal tracks mono and stereo but i don't know why. does any body give me an answer please?
I love the fact that this is not an issue in Reaper. If you select a mono input, it records a mono file. There is no real distinction between mono or stereo tracks. In fact, tracks can have as many channels as you damn well please, though things start to get a bit complicated if there are more than 2.Yes...I think that was the crux of his problem.
I hate the fact that almost all DAWs by default record "stereo tracks"...which are NOT really stereo tracks but dual mono.
I set my defualt recordinig to mono tracks in the DAW...and only switch when I actually want to record in stereo.
Wrong...unless the poster is using two microphones and there's nothing to indicate that he is.
Leaving the signal panned centrally will certainly work if you're not recording anything else at the same time. However, depending on the mixer, your levels will likely be either 3 or 6dB lower working that way, depending on the panning algorithm you rmixer uses. Not a problem if you are expect it but not idea.
This keeps coming up- From what I've seen (not that many systems..) selecting the input defines the track mode.AFAIK Sonar even back to 8.5 let you choose the input of your choice. Why would anybody choose a stereo input for a mono source? ..