Any way to get mono sound from one mic/track?

  • Thread starter Thread starter persondude
  • Start date Start date
P

persondude

Pulsing Member
When I record stuff on my 424 on track one and play it back, it only plays from one speaker (like it's supposed to). Just wondering if somehow I could copy track one to another track in order to get sound from both speakers. :confused:
 
Pan it to the center. The pan controls move the sound back and forth between the speakers.
 
You either don't have it hooked up right or you are monitoring the wrong thing. The pan control controls what speaker the sound comes out of. Are you sure your speakers are plugged into the main output? Does the master fader change the volume of what you are listening to?
 
the other side

sounds like one of the outputs are messed up.

try swapping the output cables and see if the sound then switches to the other side.

hoipefully you don't have an internal circuit out.
 
misunderstanding......I mean when I'm playing the tape in someone's radio or something.
 
On a 4 track machine track 1 is the left channel of side 1. Track 2 is the right channel of side 1. Track 3 is the left channel of side 2 backwards. Track 4 is the right side of side 2 backwards.

A 4-track and a normal cassette deck are not meant to be interchangeable. If you turn the noise reduction off and record to both tracks 1 and 2, you can play it in a normal cassette deck. What you are supposed to do is record all 4 tracks then mix them to a mixdown deck.
 
I'm not near my deck so I can't test this now but I think there's a couple different ways:
1) Set the record switch on Track 1 to "safe". Then set the record switch on Track 2 to Bus R, pan Track 1 to the right, then hit record.
2) If you patch the tape out from track 1 to to the line in of track 2
Try that and let us know if it works....
 
There has to be a way to record on 2 tracks at once. I used to do it all the time. I would have an external mixer and feed the stereo out into tracks 1 and 2 of the 4-track. RTFM.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top