Stereo in Adobe Audition

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I'm using Audition and a M-Audio MobilePre. I can record my wave file, but for some reason I can't seem to record in stereo. It only plays back in the left speaker. What am I over looking?

I have my guitar plugged into Channel 1.

Thanks in advance.
 
Click on the Input box at the left end of the track. This will open a dialog that allows you to select Left/Right/Stereo (maybe not in that order - I'm away from my studio computer at the moment). If you click Stereo, it should record your first source on the left and your second on the right...I'm not sure, because I ALWAYS use either Left or Right [mono] for my recording. In my case, I open the box in Track 1 and click Left then open the box in Track 2 and click Right (for recording a stereo drum machine, for example), arm the tracks & record. It sounds like you are recording both tracks Left (which if you have the Options/Device Settings/Multitrack default set to Mono it will automatically do); to change the second track to Right you have to open the box as above. You can check the settings by looking on the input box: it will display "1L" or 1R", respectively, if you have it set to the first available soundcard input L or R. The same holds true for the outputs, by the way. You can route 2 channels both recorded Left to separate Outs that are L & R. Hope this helps.
 
I don't think its something with the playback channel. For some reason, it records the wave file on the top line of the track (left) when I want it to record on the top and bottom. I found some way to copy and paste the wave from the top to the bottom so it would play in both speakers, but I'd rather it just do that after I arm the track. Do I have to get like a splitter or something and then plug my guitar in bother channel 1 and 2 on the MobilePre?

Thanks a lot for the reply.
 
Are you recording only in the left channel? That would explain...if what you want is stereo playback, you need to record in stereo. If you merely want sound coming out of both speakers, you can play back in mono.
 
Well, I would like sound to come out of both speakers and I figure recording it in stereo would just sound better. You wouldn't happen to know how to record in stereo with the MobilePre, would you?

Thanks a lot for the help.
 
The MobilePre is a 2-channel device. Are you trying to record your guitar in stereo, or the guitar and another instrument/vocal? Have you raised the volume fader on the onscreen Control Panel?
The unit doesn't seem to have a Mono switch. If you are recording a single source, it will record on only one track. If you want to hear that single source through both sides of the headphones, then you will need to rig something up that routes the monoaural playback through both sides.
 
I have the guitar in channel one but I want it to record in the left and right channel. I have the bars linked together so both the right and left volume are synchronized.

So do I have to get a splitter of some sort and run it from my guitar to channel one for left and channel 2 for right?
 
Assuming Audition is the same as Cool Edit ( like i keep hearing) - go to the track you want to record on- right click it set it to record left only (or right only- depending on which input on the mobilePre your usin). This will track a mono track. If you are only using one source thats what you want- then you can pan that mono track left and right.

The only time you want a stereo track would be if you had a pair of mics on your guitar or a pair for overheads or you mxing down a bunch of other tracks.
 
I tried that panning thing and when I panned it all the way to the right, there was no sound...? Right now I'm just copying and pasting from top to bottom. Its not that bad, I was just wondering if there was an easier way to go about getting the same guitar out of both speakers.
 
Sounds like you need a Y cord....plug the leg of the "Y" into the guitar, and the 2 "arms" into Channel 1 & 2. That oughta do it.
 
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my tascam us122 does the exact same thing and it's easy to fix.

You say that there is a wave on the top but not on the bottom? (or the other way around). What i do is:
1 open that track in the edit view
2. zoom out to see the whole track
3. move the mouse over the line that has sound. put the mouse close to the top if the top has sound, or close to the bottom if the bottom has sound. When you do this a little R or L will come up. Douple click to select the entire wave but only on that L or R channel.
4. Go to edit and click copy (not cut!)
5. Move your mouse over the empty channel line and make that little L or R apppear again. (to be sure t should be the opposite of what you did in number 3.
6 Now select paste.

The whole procedure is much simpler than this, i just wanted to be sure you understand. Hope that helps.

Dar
 
you dont need to do all that- you want to record a MONO source. Your wavs should not have a top and bottom. Each track should be mono- then you can pan the mono track in the stereo field-

You have one guitar source- (mono) not 2 (stereo) if you had a 2 mic set up or a stereo effect processor between your axe and recorder you could do a stereo set up. Once you have tracked your mono track, it will play centered in the stereo field. You can then pan the track left or right
 

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Here is a screenshot of what my situation looks like...

I try to pan that to the right and all the sound goes away completely. I've been doing what minofifa said and have been copying and pasting from the top to the bottom in edit mode.
 

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Cool- Thats what i thought- now we can solve this.

on a new track...
-Right click on the [rec] button and and pick the source as
- hit ok and arm the track (notice you didnt pick [stereo] as the source)
-then plug your axe onto the left input on the MAudio

then record. This wont fix the tracks you've already done. This will record future tracks in mono. Notice how all tracks in the image i posted dont have a top and bottom.

Doing this will probably cause you to only hear your guitar in one speaker while you are tracking. That is OK- once you playback it will play centered. You can then pan after youve recorded.

I hope this helps- we'll get ya straightened out.

:)​
 
why would you want a mono track when you could have a stereo one? i'm not being a smartass, i seriously want to know. For me, when i apply some delay effects, the two channels (left and right) are changed so they are no longer the same. Can you somehow do this with a mono track as well?

What is the advantage of using a stereo track over a mono one
 
wouldn't you only want to record in stereo if you were trying to record the stereo image of something? ie. something that has a left and right sound? Since he is recording a signal straight from his guitar he has no need to record a left and a right signal.

Personally, even when I'm tracking drum overheads I still put each overhead on a separate mono channel, not a stereo one. then I pan the mono tracks to their respective left and right sides of the mix.
 
If you are recording a guitar with stereo effects then you do indeed want a stereo track. I rarely (read never) use stereo effect on guitar (preference). The disadvantage to using a stereo track is that the file is larger than a mono track and if the stereo track is uneffected (the same on both sides) its a waste. I thought there was an easy way inside cooledit some where to turn a mono track in to a stereo track with indentical lefts and right.

If you are using a stereo effect prior to recording (i.e. between guitar and computer) then you'll need to use 2 inputs on your recorder. (Which can be a hog if you limited on ins) that may or may not be a big deal to you.
 
mojew said:
Personally, even when I'm tracking drum overheads I still put each overhead on a separate mono channel, not a stereo one. then I pan the mono tracks to their respective left and right sides of the mix.
Click to expand...

I do the same. I find that using stereo tracks just doesnt happen very often for what i do. YMMV
 
The reason you hear nothing when you pan right is because you have a stereo track with nothing on the right. You want to record it as a mono track like everyone keeps saying. Then when you pan it will move with the pan knob.
 
ALRIGHT... I'm an idiot.

Haha, I'm terribly sorry.

You have to have it in channel 2 for it record for both speakers. I could have sworn I tried it before. If anyone else is wondering, thats what you have to do.

Sorry, about that.

I still learned a lot regardless... thanks a lot.
 
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