Problems getting stereo drums?

[Cody Suit]

yeh i got my left and right channels going from the mixer from the balanced outputs into a Y splitter 1/4" into a balanced speaker cable into a balanced 1/4" to 1/8" into the laptop and im not getting any stereo drums. all overheads and toms end up dead center. help?!?!?!?!

 

[Thorguitarist]

Stop what you are doing now. Unless you have a splended little laptop that cost more than a car (around $3000) Stop..All the suff on a laptop is integrated...bad choice...Don't do any splitting that just ruins quality as well as the 1/8" connection..the reason you are getting "mono" drum sounds is because you are going mono into your computer..and that Y splitter might actually make it atomatically mono

 

[Farview]

You have a stereo 'y' splitter. You would need a splitter that goes from stereo 1/4 to 2 mono 1/4. You can not get a stereo balanced signal into an 1/8 jack it would need to be trrrs.

 

[CreepRockRecord]

Stop what you are doing now. Unless you have a splended little laptop that cost more than a car (around $3000) Stop..All the suff on a laptop is integrated...bad choice...Don't do any splitting that just ruins quality as well as the 1/8" connection..the reason you are getting "mono" drum sounds is because you are going mono into your computer..and that Y splitter might actually make it atomatically mono

so can i just get a new stereo Y splitter? or can i even do stereo, with having to plug something into the 1/8" microphone port in the laptop?

(PS. this is Cody Suit. i'm on a different computer/different username.)

 

[Farview]

You need a different splitter. you need trs on one side and 2 ts on the other. One will be right ond one will be left. Be careful not to confuse the connector with the signal it carries.

 

[Cody Suit]

You need a different splitter. you need trs on one side and 2 ts on the other. One will be right ond one will be left. Be careful not to confuse the connector with the signal it carries.

so does the TS just mean its a stereo patch cord-like plug and TRS means its a mono patch cord-like plug?

 

[Farview]

Just the opposite. ts is tip/sleeve or mono, like a guitar cable, or unbalanced.
trs is tip/ring/sleeve, like a balanced cable or a stereo cable like a headphone jack.

 

[Cody Suit]

Just the opposite. ts is tip/sleeve or mono, like a guitar cable, or unbalanced.
trs is tip/ring/sleeve, like a balanced cable or a stereo cable like a headphone jack.

ahh RRRIGHT. now i remember what the letters stand for. yeh the one i got has 2 TS 1/4" and im guessing the other 1/4" end is a TS cuz im not getting any stereo.

thanks man. you learn something new everyday.

 

[Farview]

You can tell by looking at it. TS has one black line like a guitar cable, TRS has 2 black lines (like a headphone plug). If it was just TS, you would get mono but only on one side if you were recording to a stereo track.