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alex0203
New member
I've hooked everything up in Sonar Home Studio 7 and I recorded a guitar audio track, but when I play it back, I don't get any stereo sound. Just mono. What am I doing wrong?
mikemorgan
panned out
Any number of things really. How do you know it's a stereo recording? Are there two waveforms? Have you pressed the Mono/stereo switch?
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
How did you record the guitar?
Did you use a single mike going into one of the channels of your interface and then into one channel of Sonar?
Did you use two mikes going into two channels of your interface and then into a stereo channel (or two mono channels) in Sonar?
If the first, then mono is all you get.
If the second, then you should get stereo
Did you use a single mike going into one of the channels of your interface and then into one channel of Sonar?
Did you use two mikes going into two channels of your interface and then into a stereo channel (or two mono channels) in Sonar?
If the first, then mono is all you get.
If the second, then you should get stereo
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alex0203
New member
I plugged my guitar directly into my Interface. Then I clicked the record buttons on Sonar Home Studio 7. Then it recorded just fine in stereo. When I played it back though, it played back in mono.
What should I do tp get it to play back in stereo??
What should I do tp get it to play back in stereo??
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
There is nothing you can do it play it in stereo, because it is a single, point source of sound.
The fact that it is recorded in Sonar as a stereo track is immaterial . . . it's the same signal on left and right channels.
You can, however, place it in a stereo field by panning left or right.
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RAMI
Guest
You didn't do anything wrong there.
But, you just recorded a mono guitar track. That's why you can't play it back in stereo.
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TimOBrien
New member
Look at the tip of your guitar cable and think basic electricity.
There is two contacts there, the tip and the sleeve. One carries the plus and one carries the minus.
A STEREO cable has THREE contacts: A tip, a short ring and a sleeve (plus for channel 1, plus for channel 2 and a common minus.)
Your guitar is a mono source.
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Basics you need: Get a good beginner recording book (spend $20 before spending hundred$/thousand$) that shows you what you need to get started and how to hook everything up in your studio:
Home Recording for Musicians by Jeff Strong - $15
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...ce&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance
(Wish I'd had that when I started; would have saved me lots of money and time and grief)
You can also pick up this book in most any Borders or Barnes&Noble in the Music Books section!
Another good one is: Recording Guitar and Bass by Huw Price
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Gui...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215734124&sr=1-1
(I got my copy at a place called Half-Price Books for $6!!)
There is two contacts there, the tip and the sleeve. One carries the plus and one carries the minus.
A STEREO cable has THREE contacts: A tip, a short ring and a sleeve (plus for channel 1, plus for channel 2 and a common minus.)
Your guitar is a mono source.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Basics you need: Get a good beginner recording book (spend $20 before spending hundred$/thousand$) that shows you what you need to get started and how to hook everything up in your studio:
Home Recording for Musicians by Jeff Strong - $15
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...ce&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance
(Wish I'd had that when I started; would have saved me lots of money and time and grief)
You can also pick up this book in most any Borders or Barnes&Noble in the Music Books section!
Another good one is: Recording Guitar and Bass by Huw Price
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Gui...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215734124&sr=1-1
(I got my copy at a place called Half-Price Books for $6!!)
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alex0203
New member
I figured out what was wrong. Thanks everybody!