When I bought my old laptop 7 years ago(Hp Pavilion ze5170), I was surprised to find out that the 1/8th inch Mic Input was stereo...When I would use a stereo source, like the headphone out from a multi effects unit like a Pod or Digitech Genesis 3, the laptop would record stereo on one track, just like a line in jack, very cool.

Hi,
Can someone explain exactly what happens if recording two mics as "Stereo" on the mixer, compared to two mics defined as mono, using the pan function etc.? In other words, when people describe XY, etc., I assume they are saying to define both mics as mono right? What does the mixer add then when defining as stereo, in same XY?

I want good vocal recordings.

Hi,
Can someone explain exactly what happens if recording two mics as "Stereo" on the mixer, compared to two mics defined as mono, using the pan function etc.? In other words, when people describe XY, etc., I assume they are saying to define both mics as mono right? What does the mixer add then when defining as stereo, in same XY?

I want good vocal recordings.

All the time when I am mixing I find a use for something like this, but do not own one, nor do I know if one even exists. Imagine putting a compressor plug on a single stereo track and having the comp affect the L and R channels independently of eachother. Does such a plug exist? I am sure that they make devices capable of this, but how about software?

Just wondering if there is any reason to record in stereo if I'm then combining track with other mics and mixing down to mono.

I'm recording acoustic jazz bass with 2-3 mics and then mixing into a mono channel to use pan and use in a mix. Is there any difference in fullness of sound to mix stereo into mono vs just combining a few mono mic tracks?

Thanks!

I use the stereo headphone output on my digital piano to record straight to mp3 recorder. But the mp3 recorder has no level adjustment. So I need a go between box between the piano and the mp3 recorder, only to reduce volume, I don't need to amplify.

Does such a device exist? Presumably it just needs to be a resistor, passive not active. Any tips? Thanks

Hello:

I am doing some recording with a 4 track handheld recorder (Zoom H4n). It creates two stereo wav files (Mic L-R and Instrument L-R). Once I import the files into two stereo tracks in Cubase 4, I would like to split the stereo files into 4 separate tracks.

Is there an easy way of doing this? Thanks!

Is far as I can tell, everything is set properly.

I am recording all tracks in mono. On playback, each mono track is panned to center and the song plays perfectly through the mixer (and in my headphones).

When I mix down, though, I've only got sound on the left side. The right channel is silent.

Thanks in advance!

Hi guys, what do you normally do for this? It seems that in all my mixes, even if I pan something 100% to the right, it doesn't sound like it is way over there. Then I listen to a professional song and they just have such a brilliant space that I can't seem to achieve.

Vocals?
Electric Guitar?
Bass? (I imagine yes for this one)
Acoustic Guitar?

In another thread someone asked, "Why would you pan things in a live mix? It seems to me all this would accomplish is different parts of the audience hearing differenct mixes...and this doesn't seem like a good idea..." I thought it would be good to start a new thread on this subject.