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Chef W
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Hi there,
I am really confused about Mono vs. Stereo, but I'll give you the gist of my problem:
I have a Roland Digital VS840 that has songs I've recorded in it. When I listen to these songs via the headphone jack, all of the panning is there and everything sounds great.
Now, when I try to run a balanced stereo cable out of the 1/4 inch headphone jack and into a Konnekt 8 external sound card I get one of the two problems:
1) Recording into a 1/4 inch Line In seems to just "equalize" (term?) what I assumed was a stereo signal but only comes out as mono. Hence, I still get a stereo recording in Audacity, but my pans are not right. Instead, I get everything sort of centered. Note: I am recording into a mono track in Audacity, but the recording comes out as stereo anyways.
2) When I try another option of recording into a Line in 1/2 with my one cord. I do two takes. One for the left channel and one for the right channel (1 and 2). This gives it a much fuller sound in Audacity, but my pans are still not as good as they are when I'm listening to my tracks straight from my Headphone jack on the Roland.
What is going on? Is it that my headphone jack only gives a mono signal to my Konnekt (which is then "neutralized" in Audacity to make a sort of centered mono track that loses my panning), while it gives a stereo signal to my headphones?
Or is it that my balanced cables is "neutralizing" the signal from the headphone jack and making a "centered" mono track before reaching my Konnekt?
How can I get what I hear on my headphones from the Roland (stereo and with panning) to record into Audacity exactly as is? Do I have to use two cables (L/R), if so this isn't an option as there is only one headphone out?
I am really lost. Please help! Thanks!
I am really confused about Mono vs. Stereo, but I'll give you the gist of my problem:
I have a Roland Digital VS840 that has songs I've recorded in it. When I listen to these songs via the headphone jack, all of the panning is there and everything sounds great.
Now, when I try to run a balanced stereo cable out of the 1/4 inch headphone jack and into a Konnekt 8 external sound card I get one of the two problems:
1) Recording into a 1/4 inch Line In seems to just "equalize" (term?) what I assumed was a stereo signal but only comes out as mono. Hence, I still get a stereo recording in Audacity, but my pans are not right. Instead, I get everything sort of centered. Note: I am recording into a mono track in Audacity, but the recording comes out as stereo anyways.
2) When I try another option of recording into a Line in 1/2 with my one cord. I do two takes. One for the left channel and one for the right channel (1 and 2). This gives it a much fuller sound in Audacity, but my pans are still not as good as they are when I'm listening to my tracks straight from my Headphone jack on the Roland.
What is going on? Is it that my headphone jack only gives a mono signal to my Konnekt (which is then "neutralized" in Audacity to make a sort of centered mono track that loses my panning), while it gives a stereo signal to my headphones?
Or is it that my balanced cables is "neutralizing" the signal from the headphone jack and making a "centered" mono track before reaching my Konnekt?
How can I get what I hear on my headphones from the Roland (stereo and with panning) to record into Audacity exactly as is? Do I have to use two cables (L/R), if so this isn't an option as there is only one headphone out?
I am really lost. Please help! Thanks!