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Okay I have my delta 1010LT sound card with my mic hooked up through the XLR plugs now the only problem is when I record it records mono not stereo apparently the sound card has two XLR plugs Mic 1 and Mic 2, Mic 1 records thru the right side Mic 2 the left dont know what the deal is is there any way I can config it to be stereo? Ive checked through my settings on my delta found nothing to work and Im using Sonar 6 nothing in their either any help would be appreciated thanx

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HansAm Wed, 03/12/2008 - 22:13

You are confusing your self.

You have 1 signal of audio from your mic. NO STEREO SIGNAL.

You want to mix the signal as if it is stereo?
You will be able to do that. read up on "panning".

If you want to make a TRUE stereo recording you need two microphones, one in each of you XLR inputs. then PAN each one to opposite sides.

If its unclear we/I can post some screenshots that will clarify.

anonymous Wed, 03/12/2008 - 22:22

yeah snap shots would be nice...Im out of it at this point because I have tried to pan it all the way to the left to see if it would transfer but all it did was clear the all sound......another thing is when I had my mic hooked to a 1/4 mic input to my comp it worked through both speakers all the time without panning I dont know man this is :x frustrating thought everything was good to go

bent Wed, 03/12/2008 - 22:42

I know thats not stereo

You asked if it could be configed to be stereo - no, it cant.
You asked if you needed an adapter to make it stereo - no, you don't.
One mic on one source is not - nor ever will be - stereo, homie (in the 80's we spelled that Homey, didn't we? Derivitive of Homeslice?)...

You need to setup Sonar to record that one singular mono mic to one singular mono track and then pan it up the middle on playback.

Beauty rest? Not happening here.

anonymous Wed, 03/12/2008 - 22:52

Like I said it was a mistake Im sorry it wont happen again especially if Im going to get this type of treatment but (in the 2000's we spell it Homie, could mean friend or foe) anyways thanx again man dont mean to raise your blood pressure before you sleep i will just catch you tomorrow

thanx for the sonar set-up advice appreciate it

Cucco Thu, 03/13/2008 - 09:36

I don't think you're getting any kind of treatment.

You asked questions, you're getting answers.

You asked about a single mic making stereo tracks and stated it was a stereo mic - I think you need to understand what stereo is. I know...you already corrected yourself. This doesn't mean you know what stereo is.

Would you have stereo if your car stereo had only 1 speaker? No. Same is true for mics.

The reason things were working for you before (1 signal coming out of 2 speakers) and aren't now (1 signal coming out of only 1 speaker or 0 speakers) is because you have to set up Sonar correctly.

The easiest way to do what you want is to set up a MONO track in Sonar and assign mic input 1 as the input on the track and leave it panned dead center.

What you're doing right now us setting up a STEREO track and since Sonar is only seeing 1 channel coming in, it's assigning it to either the left or right side. When you pan the track the opposite direction (in other words - you're hearing it only out of the left, so you pan it to the right to try to get it to even out) the sound is going to disappear. The reason is because you're telling Sonar that you only want to hear what's coming out of the right channel and since there is nothing coming out of the right channel, you won't hear a thing.

Again - set up a mono track in Sonar and assign either mic 1 or mic 2 as the input for that channel. Keep it panned dead center and record. It doesn't matter which mic input you use so long as the one that you plugged into is the same as the one you assign in Sonar. (Plug into mic input 1, assign mic input 1 in Sonar.)

Don't use any funky Y plugs. I'm not sure how the resistance characteristics are on that mic or the load presented by the preamp, so you might ask the mic to do something it's not good at. Besides, there's no need for the Y splitter anyway. 2 identical mono signals panned anywhere in the mix still equals a mono signal.

anonymous Thu, 03/13/2008 - 11:14

Cucco wrote: I don't think you're getting any kind of treatment.

You asked questions, you're getting answers.

Yeah I know I actually got the solution from Bent I was just madd frustrated I took it to the heart but I did get answers and I appreciate it, it was just a simple set-up in Sonar now it works thanx to bent. anyways I do have a better understanding of what stereo is now so I guess I came out on top of this lol thanx as well Cucco

and Bent good looking out and thanx for the helpful advice it was a simple config in Sonar. :oops: just needed to step back and use the mentals a bit I should have been able to do this on my own..ah well

Space Thu, 03/13/2008 - 16:25

I think all I was trying to say was that there is a reason that rca connections are red and white. In the long run using them in that manner is a good habit to get-in-to. When you add two arm loads of out board rack gear, amps, monitors, headphone amps, speakers, patchbays, et. al. it is not unconceivable that you can route a signal out a white misplaced rca connection and have it go to the toilet and return thru the refrigerator.

It can be difficult to follow.

S'all I'm saying.

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