All tracks not hear in earphones when recording and playing back music

[christiani84]

Hey guys,

I'm currently writing some material using Cubase. I'm using an M-Audio Firewire Solo interface, with a jack output. I bought a jack to mini jack adaptor, to allow me to plug my earphones into the interface, but it will only play a certain number of the tracks I've recorded (midi and audio) unless I painstakingly plug the earphone about halfway into the adaptor. Does anyone know what may be the problem? I've bought a 2nd jack to mini jack converter, and it's doing the same thing.

Any advice would be much-appreciated!

Christian.

 

[Steenamaroo]

Does your adapter have one black band between the two silver contacts, or two black bands separating three silver contacts?
You need the latter.

 

[christiani84]

Thanks for the swift reply mate. I have 2 adaptors with 2 black bands on each, but my iPhone earphones have 3 white bands. Is this the source of the problem? See pic below:

Does your adapter have one black band between the two silver contacts, or two black bands separating three silver contacts?
You need the latter.

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[mjbphotos]

4 conductor mini plug? That's a new one on me!

 

[Steenamaroo]

Yup, that'll be the issue.
You have the 'right' adapter but your headphones are the odd one out.

Those 4 pole headphones usually cover headphone left and right plus a mic in. Either that or some kind of inline control.

The simplest option is just to get different headphones.

 

[christiani84]

Aah fair play... Thanks for the input guys. I feel like a spanner for having asked, but at least I know now!

Time to have my UE earphones reconditioned me thinks!

 

[Steenamaroo]

Don't feel like a spanner.
Better to ask and know.

 

[rob aylestone]

On some kit - you can plug in the headphone/mic plug and it works fine. It depends where exactly in the adapter the contacts are - most of the chinese sourced ones have a contact right at the cable end and in your case, this contact is not making a connection. without it, you will only hear things that are NOT panned into the centre, and while you are recording and tracking, virtually everything is in that position - centre panned sounds effectively cancel out, karaoke style.

For what it's worth, my iPhone headphones are not that good quality, audio wise.