2 Inputs into 1 track

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Hey,
I use a Presonus Firepod into Cubase SE. I want to record my guitar amp with 2 mics on it but I don't want to use 2 tracks. Is there a way that I'm missing in the settings to put 2 channels into 1 track?
 
If you are using two seperate inputs on the Firepod, then I beleive you have no choice but to use either two seperate tracks or to use a single stereo track which will place one mic left and one mic right. Out of curiosity, why would you want to not just use two seperate tracks? You could record them on seperate tracks on bounce them into a single mono track, but that would be nullifying a lot of the flexibility of using a DAW application and reduce any chance you ahve in the future of making a change. What if later on you want to change the balance of the two tracks?
 
Why not record two tracks and bounce them to one track?
 
Why wouldnt you want to to use two tracks? Theres no reason not to really?
 
bluemoon45 said:
Hey,
I use a Presonus Firepod into Cubase SE. I want to record my guitar amp with 2 mics on it but I don't want to use 2 tracks. Is there a way that I'm missing in the settings to put 2 channels into 1 track?
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Set it up as a stereo track in vst inputs with one channel being left and the other being right. But as everyone suggested, it would be better just to use two tracks at once
 
To be honest I don't think you'd even need to bounce them down to one track afterwards even if you did want it to function as one track. Just record the 2 separate tracks and send it to a group track. The group track will function as a single track, and you'll still have the flexibility of being able to adjust each indivdual track if needs be.
 
When I record guitar cabs, I generally use three to six mics... 3 on the cab and maybe some condensers / room mics... depends what I'm doing.

I just send each of the channels that I want to mix together in to a group channel - that way I can play with the individual tracks, but treat them as the same track too... just make sure your phasing is ok :)
 
Course, if you're working with 2 cabs with some true stereo effects, you can use two mics and send them to a stereo channel. Otherwise there's no point at all, you may as well just use the group channel method.
 
Was coming here to ask why you wouldn't want to record to two tracks, but I see twenty other people have already... Moving along.... :o
 
I didn't want to record 2 tracks just to save space.. and to do eq to both together.

I've just been doing mixdown then import that.
 
bluemoon45 said:
I didn't want to record 2 tracks just to save space.. and to do eq to both together.

I've just been doing mixdown then import that.
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If you need to save space that badly, perhaps a bigger hard drive would be a better solution. Seriously--they're cheap. And as far as EQing (or anything else-ing) them together (a convenience, I know) everyone else has already suggested sending the two tracks two a group and doing what you gotta do to that group.

But it makes me wonder--why do you want the same exact EQ on both? I record guitars with 2 mics all the time, and I rarely want to do the same exact thing to them. I'll get 'em both individually where I want them, then just use the group for volume mostly.

(Bonus tip: The real trick is recording guitars so you don't need to EQ them at all. I know it's not always possible after you see how the guit is sitting in the mix, but the point of two mics vs. one, or this mic vs. that is to nail your sound going in.)

Good luck!
 
no one suggested putting your 2 mics into a mixer then mono output that into your firepod
if you want 2 guitars on 1 mono track
 
aviv said:
no one suggested putting your 2 mics into a mixer then mono output that into your firepod
if you want 2 guitars on 1 mono track
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Yep--if he's got a mixer. While he didn't say that he didn't, he didn't say that he did. I'm not saying, I'm just saying... :D
 
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