recording in stereo

[bowzer]

How do you record from one microphone in stereo? I am currently using the Aardvark direct pro 24/96 with Cakewalk PA9
but in order to record in stereo you have to be plugged into two inputs (1and 2, 3and 4, or 5and 6) at the same time. I tried selecting as my recording source "direct pro stereo 1,2" but it still records in mono. Any ideas. I know I'm probably overlooking the obvious, but I'm a newbie.

 

[rtzstudios]

Yes you are overlooking the obvious...you can't record in stereo with one mic. Unless it's a stereo mic.

 

[Queue]

Are you trying to record in stereo or produce stereo recordings?

Check this thread seems like you both have similar issues.

Queue

 

[Dom Franco]

Stereo by any other name would still sound as sweet!

This is just a case of semantics.... Stereo is made by combining two tracks of monophonic material. (Your ears hear in stereo because you hear a sound at a slightly diferent angle, amplitude, a few milliseconds apart in each ear).

The old Beatles albums were really two track mono, but seemed like stereo when you listened while sitting in between the speakers. (Headphones revealed the separation between the left and right tracks.)

SO WHAT'S MY POINT?....

Why not record two guitar tracks and pan one left and one right!

This sounds awesome... kinda like a delay, chorus efffect.

I like to play the same part on an accoustic guitar and then duplicate it on a clean electric guitar through an amp with some slight edge almost breaking up. Then pan these two parts left and right for an amazing stereo effect.

Double tracking is better than stereo most of the time, because the slight imperfections and timing differences make the track more interesting and give it movement as you hear left and right accents.

Sincerely;

Dom Franco

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Re: Stereo by any other name would still sound as sweet!

This is just a case of semantics.... Stereo is made by combining two tracks of monophonic material. (Your ears hear in stereo because you hear a sound at a slightly diferent angle, amplitude, a few milliseconds apart in each ear).

More semantics.... sorry but that's incorrect. Stereo is a signal comprised of an A+B component AND an A-B component. It is NOT simply 2 mono signals played together. There is a summed component between the 2 channels - where the common signals between the channel are additive... and there is the difference "phantom image" which provides the "stereo" effect.

Bruce