Set a left input as the a right input too

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Chili said:
Yes, you're starting to understand.... :)


Apparently you don't understand at all....



Dude, don't be so stubborn, you seriously need to listen to others when they are trying to explain this to you. Your Tascam is NOT giving you a stereo signal. It's mono through 2 channels... the same signal going out 2 channels... that doesn't make it stereo, just mono, twice. This is the last time I'm saying it to ya. To have stereo, you've got to have 2 mics, not one.

YOU CANNOT GET STEREO FROM ONE INPUT!!!!!

So, you want to get your mic'd recording (I'm assuming vocals) to come out both speakers when you play it back on the saffire. Record it as a mono track and it will come out both speakers.

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Now that made perfect sense so i shall rephrase. Does stereo have an advantage over Mono?
 
I meant is there anyway to get mono through 2 channels in my saffire pro 24? just like you said my tascam splitted the mono input, can i do that to my saffire pro 24?
 
x3rmlygood said:
Now that made perfect sense so i shall rephrase. Does stereo have an advantage over Mono?
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Stereo= really good on drums and other sorces come mix time. You can open the stereo spread or close it up depending on the results that your going for on a final outcome.








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x3rmlygood said:
Now that made perfect sense so i shall rephrase. Does stereo have an advantage over Mono?
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Does stereo have an advantage over Mono? Well, that all depends.... (the catch-all answer)

For vocals, no, not really (unless it's backround vocals). For an acoustic guitar, yes. Piano, yes. Bass, no. Electric guitar, depends.... Drums, most defintitely.

Does that help??
 
Chili said:
Does stereo have an advantage over Mono? Well, that all depends.... (the catch-all answer)

For vocals, no, not really (unless it's backround vocals). For an acoustic guitar, yes. Piano, yes. Bass, no. Electric guitar, depends.... Drums, most defintitely.

Does that help??
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Yessir. once more is there ANYWAY i can record stereo on this dam box because i understand a stereo mic won't change shit. can i bring input 1 & 2 together with 1 mic?
 
x3rmlygood said:
I meant is there anyway to get mono through 2 channels in my saffire pro 24? just like you said my tascam splitted the mono input, can i do that to my saffire pro 24?
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I don't know why the Tascam split (splitted is not a word) your mono signal into 2 channels. I'm guessing it's the ASIO4All driver. To me, that's a very poor excuse as a way of doing business. Tascam should write drivers for their equipment. But nonetheless, your mono signal across 2 channels is still mono.

You can't get your mic to feed two channels on your Saffire. Just do as everyone has been telling you and record your mic to a mono track. If you want it stereo, then record you mic a second time to another mono track. Give teh same EXACT performance. The small differences and minute nuances will give a stereo effect. It's 2 different signals so that would make it stereo. But two different tracks.

does that make sense??
 
Chili said:
I don't know why the Tascam split (splitted is not a word) your mono signal into 2 channels. I'm guessing it's the ASIO4All driver. To me, that's a very poor excuse as a way of doing business. Tascam should write drivers for their equipment. But nonetheless, your mono signal across 2 channels is still mono.

You can't get your mic to feed two channels on your Saffire. Just do as everyone has been telling you and record your mic to a mono track. If you want it stereo, then record you mic a second time to another mono track. Give teh same EXACT performance. The small differences and minute nuances will give a stereo effect. It's 2 different signals so that would make it stereo. But two different tracks.

does that make sense??
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Yes it does and ASIO4All has nothing to do with it. Tascam did the right thing by giving mono and stereo capabilities. I have recorded stereo with my saffire before but it keeps reverting to mono. Anyway, thanks about the aliens and the parables and the "does that make sense??". i shall see what i can do about this. :drunk:
 
x3rmlygood said:
Yes it does and ASIO4All has nothing to do with it. Tascam did the right thing by giving mono and stereo capabilities. I have recorded stereo with my saffire before but it keeps reverting to mono. Anyway, thanks about the aliens and the parables and the "does that make sense??". i shall see what i can do about this. :drunk:
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x3rmlygood said:
I have a Samson C01. I repeat, a C01, not a C01u.;)
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Okay, cool. enjoy. The Samson mic is mono, I just wanted to make sure we weren't talking about a stereo mic the whole time. That would have changed things....
 
Chili said:
Okay, cool. enjoy. The Samson mic is mono, I just wanted to make sure we weren't talking about a stereo mic the whole time. That would have changed things....
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In what way exactly? if i plug in a stereo mic with a xlr cable to input 1, the dam box would still have made it left instead of left and right.
 
x3rmlygood said:
I have a Samson C01. I repeat, a C01, not a C01u.;)
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It's a mono mic like most mics out there. For there to be stereo there has to be a difference between left and right, and with one mono mic there is no difference regardless of how many duplicate copies of the mono signal you record. Even your own screen shot shows no difference between left and right channels of the track, therefore it's a mono recording on a stereo track.
 
x3rmlygood said:
In what way exactly? if i plug in a stereo mic with a xlr cable to input 1, the dam box would still have made it left instead of left and right.
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A stereo mic would have two outputs, so you'd plug into inputs 1 and 2. Most likely it would have recorded it to a stereo track.
 
bouldersoundguy said:
It's a mono mic like most mics out there. For there to be stereo there has to be a difference between left and right, and with one mono mic there is no difference regardless of how many duplicate copies of the mono signal you record. Even your own screen shot shows no difference between left and right channels of the track, therefore it's a mono recording on a stereo track.
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Well i understand how it all works now, just thought stereo was a better way to record.
 
x3rmlygood said:
Well i understand how it all works now, just thought stereo was a better way to record.
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Not for vocals. One mic = Mono. It's been said all along. Glad you understand now.

This might even become a stickie. This question gets asked a lot!!!
 
x3rmlygood said:
Tru tru, well i am off to do some mono recording, btw, how do you get rep power on this site and what exactly does it mean?
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Ohhhhh noooooo... rep power is meaningless..... Do a search on "rep" and read the posts about it.
 
Before I started reading rest of this thread this morning, I had hair.

Chili said:
This might even become a stickie.
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I don't think stickying this thread is good idea, there's too much nonsense to sift through. I do think a sticky of some kind of thread explaining the difference between mono and stereo would be a very good idea though, as it seems to be one of the most common misunderstandings these days.
 
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