About Line In

[Monkey Allen]

Just bought a CAD M179 mic...I am loving it. I've only ever used cheap dynamic mics going through the mic jack on my soundblaster live platinum 5.1.

Now that I have a preamp and this new mic, I have been advised to use the Line in jack.

Recording into Guitar Tracks Pro 2, the recording is only on the left channel...like it is mono. Previously, my recording through the mic line would record in stereo.

Is it normal for the line in to record in mono?

Also, in the desktop, now that I have line in turned on, and the preamp plugged in, I can hear low level chhhh - not annoying, but quit obvious. When I used to record via the mic input, my headphones had no sound at all.

Can someone give me some suggestions or comments...or even if you could link me a site with everything explained, that would be great.

Sorry if I made no sense.

As a side note....I noticed that when recording a second track, I can hear what my mic is picking up, in my headphones as I play it. I am not used to this. I usually record a second track listening to the 1st track in my headphones and playing...I am not used to hearing what I am playing coming through the headphones as I record the 2nd track. Is there a way I can listen to the first track, but not hear in my headphones what I am playing for my 2nd track?

 

[ssscientist]

Now that I have a preamp and this new mic, I have been advised to use the Line in jack.

Is it normal for the line in to record in mono?

Is there a way I can listen to the first track, but not hear in my headphones what I am playing for my 2nd track?

I discovered in one of your crossposts (please pick just one forum and post there once) that you have some mistaken impressions about your MIC200. Neither the mic jack nor the 1/4" jack are stereo.

There's some talk of using a 'y-cord' in the Newbies forum, and that's a temporary solution at best. Using this would entail spending another $100, but it would be money well spent because it would get you back to making music.

Yes, if it's a stereo jack and you're only feeding one side of it the result would be mono.

Your monitoring problems should go away with the software for the USB interface linked above.

 

[Monkey Allen]

I apologise about the cross posting. Obviously I'm just trying to cover a lot of bases. Schoolboy errors.

I have since got my system working quite well with what I have.

It seems that in my software application that I specified the recording input as "stereo". My other options are L or R...so my question now would be...if I record in L or R...let's say L, can I pan that signal over so I hear it in my right headphone can?

It seems to me that mono recording defaults to the left track...does this sound right?

Is a mono recording one where you only hear the signal/ recording in one headphone can? But can then pan it how you want?

 

[Xander]

I'm no expert, but I was having the same problem recording into the left input of my Delta 1010lt, and I fixed the problem by telling the software (sonar 3) to record from the left.

I have to say, based on pure assumption, the way you say line in sounds like your using some kind of soundblaster card... I strongly suggest you upgrade to maybe an Audiophile 2496 or something like that. Not too expensive, but well worth it. I started recording into an Vibra 128, and when I bought a decent soundcard, everything a.)was easier and b.) sounded sh!tloads better.

 

[Tifstorey]

Is a mono recording one where you only hear the signal/ recording in one headphone can? But can then pan it how you want?

If your hearing your mono signal through the left, then panning it right would only accomplish moving the whole sound to the right. There are methods where you could double the vocals and pan one hard left and the other hard right, this would double your vox, but it would be technically, in stereo.

If i was you, i would invest in a new soundcard, Like the M Audio Audiophile that someone suggested, its only cheap but its a great little soundcard which would give you a much better quality sound.

Good luck!

 

[scrubs]

I apologise about the cross posting. Obviously I'm just trying to cover a lot of bases. Schoolboy errors.

I have since got my system working quite well with what I have.

It seems that in my software application that I specified the recording input as "stereo". My other options are L or R...so my question now would be...if I record in L or R...let's say L, can I pan that signal over so I hear it in my right headphone can?

It seems to me that mono recording defaults to the left track...does this sound right?

Is a mono recording one where you only hear the signal/ recording in one headphone can? But can then pan it how you want?

Typically, if you are using a mono source and a mono cable, select the left (L) as the input channel.