My Notes Actually Dissapear!!!

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Im using a Triton keyboard which has an Audio output using 1/4 left, and a 1/4 right. I have a Hosa cord, which on one end has two mono 1/4 plugs and on the other end has a stereo 1/8 plug. I plugged the 1/4th plugs into my Triton and on the other end I placed an adapter to make the 1/8th into a 1/4th. I just got a Joe Meek VC6Q preamp so I plugged the other end into the "line in" on the preamp. HERE COMES THE PROBLEM!!!! When I play a patch on my Triton, when I play notes in lower octaves the notes have nice volume, but as I approch middle C, the notes either lose volume or have no volume at all. When I keep moving to higher octaves the sound increases to the same volume as the lower octaves. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE MIDDLE OF MY KEYBOARD! It all started when I connected my keyboard with the preamp. I want to know if the preamp's line in is Mono or Stereo? Could that have something to do with it?? Or is it the cords i used? What solutions should i try?? Excuse me if I double posted this.
 
Sounds like you're plugging a stereo output into a balanced mono input, so what you're hearing is the DIFFERENCE between the left and right outputs of the Triton. Sounds that are panned dead-center are disappearing due to phase cancellation.

Take a mono output from the keyboard and plug it into the preamp using a regular old 1/4" mono instrument cable, and see how that works.
 
Ok, it works fine, but what about my stereo image??? I hope this doesnt mess up my stereo image at all. I heard that the Triton automatically pans pianos and other synths according to octaves and i think this may mess that up. Is this true? What should I do?
 
Either get another VC6Q, get a stereo preamp, or plug the Triton directly into the soundcard's line input. If you try to record L and R in 2 passes through a mono input, you'll almost certainly hose your stereo image.
 
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