MIA Midi SC, with Cool Edit Pro?

[Change of POETS]

I just purchased a MIA Midi Soundcard, and am weary of installing as I'm using Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and I'm not used t recording from two inputs. I used to do my recording on a standard soundcard, with a single "Mic" line in...

My concern lies in, will I still be recording on Left and Right sound spectrum? Or will I be recording in mono (left only) and be forced to duplicate the track, and pan it?

I don't want to have to do that, will I still be able to record normal in both left and right in a single channel?

I searched and read some good info on the card, but nothing to address my specific concern. I appreciate any help you guys can give me.

-Brian

 

[christiaan]

Whether you record as 2 mono channels or one stereo channel (both channels panned hard left/right) all depends on the settings in CEP. It's too long ago since I've worked with CEP to tell you exactly how but that's what manuals are for.

Now go and install that soundcard

 

[Polaris20]

That's what I use, CEP2 and a Mia. It's no problem. when you arm a track, you can designate left, right, or both. Very useful. I sometimes direct my guitar through a POD, then mic the electric guitar with a condenser and mix it a little lower. Then you get this percussive sound to it. Neato.

 

[AlChuck]

My concern lies in, will I still be recording on Left and Right sound spectrum? Or will I be recording in mono (left only) and be forced to duplicate the track, and pan it?

You need to understand stereo better. Why would you duplicate a track and then pan it? First of all, duplicating a track does nothing for you except double the amount of storage you need for the song's wave data. Panning a mono track is how you place its output in playback in the stereo image. A mono track panned center comes equally out of both speakers; you do not need a separate copy of track data, with one panned hard left and one panned hard right.

Second, if a track is already a stereo track -- if, for example, you are trying to capture a stereo image from the start, like trying to record a great acoustic intrument in a wonderful-sounding room -- then you would not want to pan it, since the goal is to get as close as possible to the natural stereo image. If you pan it, the relative signal levels from the left and right will change in an unpredictable way -- not the simple and predictable way that a mono track moves in the stereo image when you pan it.

Bottom line -- record individual mono tracks, mix them to stereo. True stereo recording is an advanced endeavor requiring special miking techniques and not for the novice.

 

[Change of POETS]

You need to understand stereo better. Why would you duplicate a track and then pan it? First of all, duplicating a track does nothing for you except double the amount of storage you need for the song's wave data. Panning a mono track is how you place its output in playback in the stereo image. A mono track panned center comes equally out of both speakers; you do not need a separate copy of track data, with one panned hard left and one panned hard right.

Second, if a track is already a stereo track -- if, for example, you are trying to capture a stereo image from the start, like trying to record a great acoustic intrument in a wonderful-sounding room -- then you would not want to pan it, since the goal is to get as close as possible to the natural stereo image. If you pan it, the relative signal levels from the left and right will change in an unpredictable way -- not the simple and predictable way that a mono track moves in the stereo image when you pan it.

Bottom line -- record individual mono tracks, mix them to stereo. True stereo recording is an advanced endeavor requiring special miking techniques and not for the novice.

Chuck, I understand stereo recording, and I understand that is NOT what I'm doing, nor am aiming for. I know I'm recording mono, panned center. But, it's always been from single input line. See, when I first started recording on a cheap mic setup, I was recording mono, but it was only producing sound in the left side of the mono track. There was no data (sound wave) being processed to the right side of the track in CEP. This was my fear in going to a multi-track card such as the MIA.... I just don't know how to describe it so well, so sorry to have confused you. But by no means, do I think I'm recording in stereo. Nor do I want to, I don't have the need or desire.

Polaris, thanks a lot. I'll be installing my card this week some point... although I have to travel for business Wed-Friday. So maybe this weekend... If I have any questions, I'll try to PM you if you don't mind.

Thanks.

-Brian

 

[AlChuck]

Sorry, I guess I assumed from what you said that you didn't get that... your choice of words suggests it. Even in this last reply, you said, "I was recording mono, but it was only producing sound in the left side of the mono track. " There is no left or right side of a mono track, by definition. What you might really mean is you recorded a mono signal to a stereo track and only got one side of it; that makes sense.

 

[Change of POETS]

Sorry, I guess I assumed from what you said that you didn't get that... your choice of words suggests it. Even in this last reply, you said, "I was recording mono, but it was only producing sound in the left side of the mono track. " There is no left or right side of a mono track, by definition. What you might really mean is you recorded a mono signal to a stereo track and only got one side of it; that makes sense.

That's what I was going for I think...

If a track in CEP is considered a stereo track... then that's it.

I'm new to the world of PC recording... I came from the "hardware" envioronment, so please excuse my "noobieness".

Nonetheless, thanks for the help.