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If I make a stereo track, shouldn't there be a pan knob for each side?

I think my problem is in that I don't thik I understand how to route to playback signal to both sides, r and l ...

Still not getting anything out of right on playback... too frustraated for tonite anymore, I'm ready to send the tascam us1800 back as a factory defective unit....

When monitoring as it records, I get both sides, as soon as I playback, nothing from the right side. I'm sure I need to be doing somethign, but I can't find it yet. I do un-arm for playback...

arrrghhh, I hate first days with new soft/hardaare... gaaaaa
 
Also, in the "Bus" (track sends)area about the "master fader" , I only have one line, it says "Hardware output us1800 out 1 / channel 2"
Could this be my problem area?
 
It sounds like you've recorded a mono source to one side of a stereo track. Normally you should record a mono source to a mono track. Then it would appear in both channels by default, and it would take half the disc space of a stereo track.

If you find you did record mono to a stereo track go into the properties of the audio block by double clicking on it. Click the Channels button and select the appropriate mono option (Mono (Left) or Mono (Right)).

If you click the I/O button on a track you'll find advanced controls including a Width slider. All the way right is normal full width stereo. Sliding it to the left narrows the image until you get to the center, which is mono. To the left of center it becomes wider again but with left and right reversed. That is different from some DAWs many of which just have a pan knob for each side.
 
Sluggo4242 said:
If I make a stereo track, shouldn't there be a pan knob for each side?
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No, if you want total control of a stereo track, then make 2 mono trakcs instead. A stereo track is basically the same as 2 mono tracks, with one volume, pan, send, etc....

But, like Boulder said above, it sounds like you're recording a mono track source into a stereo track. That could make it only come out of one side on playback. What is it that you recorded onto a stereo track?
 
RAMI said:
No, if you want total control of a stereo track, then make 2 mono trakcs instead. A stereo track is basically the same as 2 mono tracks, with one volume, pan, send, etc....

But, like Boulder said above, it sounds like you're recording a mono track source into a stereo track. That could make it only come out of one side on playback. What is it that you recorded onto a stereo track?
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Lol. I used to do that when I first started recording digitally. I didn't know how to make a mono track, and a new track automatically came up as a stereo track in Cubase, so I just recorded to one side of a stereo track and "printed" that take to the other side so I had a "stereo" mono track. I should have read the manual, but I was just too excited to stop and learn something. :laughings:
 
Does Reaper make the mono vs. stereo track distinction? I think there's just one kind of track (mono, stereo, midi, it's all the same in Reaper). So as long as your panned center, you should get some signal through both R and L outputs. So there's only one pan knob per track.

The playback is some kind of software not talking to the hardware kind of problem. I have not clue how the US1800 handles routing, or what your monitoring situation is like so I can't help with that...just be patient, and use google. Oh and make sure the Tascam is selected in Reaper Audio Preferences.
 
Sluggo4242 said:
Also, in the "Bus" (track sends)area about the "master fader" , I only have one line, it says "Hardware output us1800 out 1 / channel 2"
Could this be my problem area?
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yes...it should probably say something like "1/2"
 
aaronmcoleman said:
Does Reaper make the mono vs. stereo track distinction?
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I would say that the channels are either/both, but tracks are recorded as one or the other depending on how you set the input of the channel.
 
bouldersoundguy said:
I would say that the channels are either/both, but tracks are recorded as one or the other depending on how you set the input of the channel.
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Yes, this. ^^^^^^

You load up an empty track, and then you tell it what you want it to do by assigning an input. Mine defaults to "Input 1 Mono". If I want to make a stereo track using inputs 5 & 6, I have to tell it do so. I'm sure there's a dozen ways to do it, but I do it by right clicking in the meter area and then using the little pop up menu. Input:mono or Input:stereo. It then shows you your available channels.
 
RAMI said:
No, if you want total control of a stereo track, then make 2 mono trakcs instead. A stereo track is basically the same as 2 mono tracks, with one volume, pan, send, etc....

But, like Boulder said above, it sounds like you're recording a mono track source into a stereo track. That could make it only come out of one side on playback. What is it that you recorded onto a stereo track?
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I'm quite sure I recorded stereo onto a stereo track. I used my eDrum brain for my source, which is a stereo output. I guess what throws me is that when it's recording, it's playing stereo out the monitor speakers /headphone jack. (Also, why is the headphone so quiet on the us1800?)

I made the input a stereo and utilized the 11/12 channels. It's probably something in how I selected those that wasn't quite correct, and such. However, it looks to be very similar to my PT waves, with two waves in one track...

I need to learn how to make a "screen shot" today so I can take pictures of how I have things routed. Then I will need to learn how to attach that screen shot to a post in here as well...

**sigh**
 
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