I'm confused.

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Hi,

So, I am confused about something. Here is that "something";

If I record something in Reaper and then try to listen to it with my KRK KNS8400 headphones, I hear what I've recorded but it is incredibly quiet. If I'm honest, it's almost un-audible. BUT, if I pan all of the sound to the right, I can hear what I've recorded clear as day!

Can someone explain this to me? Why does this happen? Am I being a moron?

Thank you kindly,
Dave.
 
Hi.
What are you plugging the headphones into? Audio interface? PC output? Using a size adapter or extension cable?
Have the cans been repaired or altered at any point?

Do the headphones work when you listen back to system sounds, youtube videos, media player etc?
If not, do they work in an ipod or tv or something?

Does reaper do the same thing playing out to speakers and, if so, does media player etc?
 
What Steen said. I would add these questions. Are the 'phones plugged into a balanced mono output? Are you recording a mono source to a stereo track?
 
...and are the headphones plugged in all the way?
 
Dave-Curran said:
Hi,

So, I am confused about something. Here is that "something";

If I record something in Reaper and then try to listen to it with my KRK KNS8400 headphones, I hear what I've recorded but it is incredibly quiet. If I'm honest, it's almost un-audible. BUT, if I pan all of the sound to the right, I can hear what I've recorded clear as day!

Can someone explain this to me? Why does this happen? Am I being a moron?

Thank you kindly,
Dave.
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If, as seems likely in the absence of other information, you are using the headphone jack on the PC you need first of all to get into the "Hardware &Sound" menus of (I assume) Win 7.
These set the device you listen to, record with and levels and also have a test function.

Next you need to go into Reaper and ensure that the device you just set as default sound playback in W7 is the one Reaper is connected to!

And after THAT go out and buy a Steinberg UR22!


Dave.
 
It sounds like you have the headphones plugged in part way, or there is something wrong with the headphones that make you only hear a left minus right signal. This means anything panned center will disappear and anything panned wide will be loud in both headphone speakers.

This can be caused by a bad jack, bad headphones, bad 1/8 to 1/4 adapter, and not plugging them in all the way
 
The headphones are brand new. They have literally just come out of the box.

They were plugged into my MAC, so not an audio interface.

When I listen to things on youtube or iTunes everything sounds "watery." Like when you try to record guitar with your laptop speakers when you're starting out and the sound kind of fades in and out, sounding very thin. Sometimes there are particular instruments that are just absent from certain songs that I've listened to for years.

Anyone got any pointers on changing the sound setting to suit the headphones for a MAC?

Dave.
 
Sounds like your only getting one side of a stereo mix in your headphones.
 
Try the headphones with something else, e.g. ipod, walkman . . .anything that has a headphone socket.

However, I expect the headphones are ok, and there is some setting within your mac that is messing the sound up.

Have you tried listening through speakers?

Are you using an audio interface? Have you tried headphones through that?
 
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