It does have 2 XLR sockets. What connector is on the mic and is the mic even a stereo mic?

The mic is a Samson Q7 which is a stereo MIC and yes the sound Card has two XLR connections and the MIC that has an XLR connection as well, I have a Double male XLR which is what was needed to hook up to my Delta...is their an adapter plug I need or something?

MIC 1 records thru the right side MIC 2 the left

"...cables are tan in color, with the jacks colored white for left and red for right"

Mic 1=White = Left/Mono
Mic 2=Red = Right

Setup in Sonar:

Track 1 = Input: Mic 1
Track 2 = Input: Mic 2

Does that sound right?

But I only have one mic to hook up and I want it to be stereo

Bent: Im trying to set that up right now

Oh crap its male to female XLRs Im sorry about that one

Just to be sure, that mic does indeed have two XLR connectors (or tails) on it, correct?

The issue I think is that both are going to both tracks in Sonar.

Ya gotta set each side up as a discreet input channel in the DAW - that's about all there is to it.

the MIC only has one XLR connection but the sound card has 2

Not gonna happen, that's not a stereo mic.

Samson Q7: http://www.zzounds.com/item--SAMQ7

but it worked on my stock "sound card" if you will Ive recorded songs with this before and it was all stereo....I used xlr to 1/4 mic input...so is there no way around this? are there plugs with one female XLR to 2 male XLRs?

What would you use a mono mic for anyways...

it has 3 pins

It is a standard super-cardiod handheld dynamic (mono) mic.
You never recorded "stereo" with this mic.

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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.

Methinks someone needs to read the definition of stereo.

One source through two speakers does not stereo make...

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

Good info here:
http://recording.org/ftopict-45416-mono.html+stereo

and here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.burmajster/Mic.htm

I don't have time to tell you how to correct your thinking and move you on into a better recording state of mind. It's too late here on the east coast. Maybe I'll come back to you tomorrow and throw some info at you.

well what I meant was it worked through both speakers before and I didnt have to tweak with anything so what evers clever man

That's not stereo, man.

thanx for the sites tho homie I appreciate it you get your beauty rest so tomorrow you can help me elevate my mindset

and I know thats not stereo thats why I said this is what I meant instead of using the word stereo......

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.

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

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.

Yes, this can be frustrating at times, can't it? I tell my students who don't grasp which end is which to sell their gear and buy a dog. Much easier to tell which end is which 8-)

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

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.

Even more difficult to follow are snakes that disappear under the floorboards...