Garageband is switching my stereo to mono! HELP!

The second I stop recording in stereo I watch helplessly as the R track disappears and I'm left with mono L!
Recording from a synth into the Stereo 1/2 input. It's NOT the cable I'm using or the connection. Checked them. And if it were, Garageband wouldn't display BOTH L and R tracks recording!!
Why is this happening?

please don't post the same question multiple times, see the original thread you started

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In the Track Info window where you select your instrument or preset, you can also select the channel through which you record - either one channel (mono) or two (stereo). Set it to one channel.

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I'm beginning to regret Selecting Windows 7 (64bit) OS for my new Laptop (HPdv6) (IDTonboard sound for now)
intended in large part for audio recording -- ignoring what I had read about audio problems in this OS optomistically hoping the would be fixed already. XP had always performed well for me. Here is my current problem which I've really been fighting for weeks in a Trial Copy of the current Audition without success.
Although I do have Ausio driver -- the built in Audition driver seems to work best , and I get everything ready to go selecting stereo 44100 16bit file to avoid confusing the many issues I've been having, press f10 to Double check in the edit window that I am actually getting differentiated separate stereo tracks --- then press record button --- and thats it -- from there on out two identical tracks that might as well be mono.
Again and again -- I have no idea why -- and with all of the problems I've had with windows 7 I don't really blame Audition --- but I would sure like to figure out how to fix the problem. I've all ready read Microsoft forums and there solution is to blame any third party software for problems that are very obviously within Windows 7 - so I'm not optomistic about looking for help in that direction (grin!)
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So in the Edit View Hardware setup, what input setting do you have as a default? If it says something like [01M] then that's what you will record - mono on both channels. What you need is to select a default that says [01S], if that isn't what you already have. If it is - well, then I'm not sure what's happening at all, because for reasons that you've already alluded to, I'm using XP - simply because I'm a pessimist, and we get all the nice surprises if something actually does work...
Optimists are only ever going to get disappointed by the real world, I'm afraid.

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how do I switch from stereo to mono in FCP?

also make sure you do not have "Downmix" enabled ... it is toggled On/Off by using the Downmix button in the Audio Mixer window, it looks like a bowtie, and sits just above the Master fader.

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Tjed wrote:
Could that have something to do with why I got no sound out of the external monitors (speaker)?
it's possible, if for instance the track was set to channel 1 (mono) and you were sending a signal on channel 2 (or any other channel your interface might offer), but you may want to start a new thread with this issue providing all background info for it

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I can only hear out of one ear and I would like to be able to listen to the other half of my music on my headphones, how can I switch my audio from stereo to mono?
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http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102690
http://www.scansound.com/index.php/stereo-to-mono-adapter.html
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I’m still a little confused about Stereo Vs. Mono tracks when recording in Logic. (This might sound stupid, but I’m still getting confused by this stuff.)
When first recording a track, do you guys usually do it in mono or stereo?
Secondly, I’m still confused about the benefits or stereo tracks. Why not just record mono and then pan a track left or right when mixing? I’m just not getting the concept of stereo recording. I know these are very basic questions, but I’ve read numerous books and I’m still a little in the dark on this. Thanks for the help!

Most of the things I record are done on mono tracks. Each piece of a kit goes to its own channel, then I pan things accordingly later (Overhead L & R, etc.).
You only need to record in stereo if you actually have a source that is stereo, i.e. a keyboard with stereo fx and L&R outputs, but even then I usually just set up two mono tracks, one for L and one for R. I would do a similar thing if I was using a stereo pair to mic something.
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I am trying to re-capture about 17 hours of interviews that I just shot in Africa over the past month. It has all been digitized with the audio set to Mono instead of Stereo (in my jet lagged mindset I forgot to set to Stereo)! I need the stereo setting as I always had a wireless lav on the subject and a wired lav on the interpreter and I need to be able to split them out in the sequence. I have already built sequences with all the interviews and a timecode window burn for my client, which sounds fine for simple timecode logging, so I would like to reconnect so that all of those sequences will remain intact.
So when I try to go recapture, whether I delete the original clip OR just make it offline and save the new captured clip to a different location, it automatically captures in Mono, as that is what is set in the original clip under Audio Tracks in the browser. It will not let me change that setting in the Browser, and stereo is definitely selected under Audio Clip settings in Log and Capture.
I have to think there is a way to do this so that I can save my original clip information, without having to reset all new in and out points and recapture it all with the exact same name to a different drive so it works in my sequences.
I don't need to recapture the 18 or so hours of b-roll thank goodness! As it was all shot with a mono shotgun.
Also, when I go to recapture the clip a warning comes up and says I am trying to capture media shot in Non Drop Frame on a device set to Drop Frame..etc etc etc.
I did shoot in non drop frame but I have not changed anything on my deck (Sony DSR-11) and don't even think there is a switch to go between the two. If I try to simply capture a new clip I get no such warning? It seems to play fine regardless but I wonder if I will have issues down the road integrating the new clips in with the b roll.
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Any help is greatly appreciated,
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If both tracks are in the sequence, then just select one side, and in FCP's Modify menu (audio submenu there), pan all to one side, then select the other track and pan all to the other... you can change the stereo to mono and mono to stereo too in that same menu... no need to recapture at all. Do this mono to stereo move simply by selecting the clips in the sequence, and checking on or off the stereo pair selection...
Jerry
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Can Compressor downmix from stereo to mono?

Seemingly simple question - when compressing DV/AIFFs to web H.264/AACs, is there a way to downmix from stereo(dual mono) to mono without boosting the level?
I don't care if it just uses the left channel, the right channel, or mixes both together - I just want it not to clip 0dB when it comes out mono. Is there a way to do this in Compressor?
(NOTE: without using the Peak Limiter filter to lower the level, which always seems to cause the job to fail)

First you have to split up the interleaved stereo file->in the Audio bin select "copy/convert" (or hit control+c) in the menue select "Interleaved->split" and tick the box "add to Audio bin"
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Do the same on Audio track 2 in this case choosing "right" at the bottom of the channelstrip
Now select the reimported split stereo file in the bin and split it up into two seperate files in the edit menue->"split selected Split-Stereo-file"
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Can Compressor downmix from stereo (dual mono) to mono?

Seemingly simple question - when compressing DV/AIFFs to web H.264/AACs, is there a way to downmix from stereo(dual mono) to mono without boosting the level?
I don't care if it just uses the left channel, the right channel, or mixes both together - I just want it not to clip 0dB when it comes out mono. Is there a way to do this in Compressor?
(NOTE: without using the Peak Limiter filter to lower the level, which always seems to cause the job to fail)

I've been editing NLE for over 15 years and have never once used a "mono" track, never felt a need to, and Premiere tracks default to stereo normally, which matches my sources. All delivery is typically stereo anyway, so in the case you have with wanting to use just one mic, the Fill Left or Fill Right works perfectly to "Pan Center" so to speak. Hopefully this will suit your needs. Maybe I have tunnel vision and am not understanding how a mono track is uniquely useful, but always open to learning new things.
In the situation where I might need to switch mic sources from time to time within the same stereo clip, for instance a wedding with a shotgun and wireless lav, I just use the Razor to put cuts in the audio clip where I want to switch. I just alternate applying Fill Left or Fill Right to each cut segment as needed, and throw in an audio crossfade at the cut point for a smooth transition.
If I need to MIX the left and right channels in varying degrees of volume, I will duplicate the stereo track and apply Fill Left to one and Fill Right on the other and this has the same effect as two mono tracks, each centered. There's certainly many ways to accomplish the same thing with almost any aspect of editing and that's just how I do it, not wrong or right really.
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Your experience with Modify Clip "Stereo" or "Mono as Stereo"

Using CS5.
When recording my project our audio was recorded externally. I have all my audio tracks recorded as mono and I want to use all of the tracks as stereo.
I found instructions on how to do it, but I have some questions.
I highlight an unused audio clip on my project panel and then use Clip> modify > Audio channels.
Among the choices are Mono, Stereo, Mono as Steeo and 5.1
Since my clips are mono, I assume I should select "Mono as Stereo". But is there a subtle difference to selecting "Stereo".?
In addition, I want to fill both right and left tracks with the recording that was recorded in mono. I would like to avoid having to use the audio effects fill right / fill left. I assume using either "Mono as Stereo" or "Stereo" will fill both right and left tracks -- but, again, is there some subtle differences -- or best practices?
Thanks
Rowby

Hi Jim,
Just checked the "mono" track with my headphones -- and indeed you are correct. I hear it in on both channels.
So nothing needs to be done.
However, then, why does Premiere Pro have these "features"?
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7f41a .html
Thinking more about this, however, as I write this reply,I like putting a mono track directly above or below a stereo track -- and as you know, you can't put mono track into a stereo track (you have to create a new mono track, which is a minor pain) -- so that would be at least one reason to convert the mono to a stereo..... I have to create a new mono track - and sometimes that track is far below the stereo track I want to mix it with.
I also notice this article which implies you can make it so when you import any track (mono or stereo) into premiere it will be (based on your preference settings) "converted" to mono, stereo, mono as stereo) etc.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSAB1EDD0E-ADC2-4a10-B399-E809E588618B.ht ml
Rowby

Stereo or Mono? Which? And why?

Once again I'm starting a new thread to explain some general audio principles that newbies have trouble with.
There's an issue here that's a bit difficult to explain--the difference between "stereo" and "mono".
You have two ears, so you hear "stereo". Your ears send a left signal and right signal to your brain. Your brain processes the difference between the two signals and gives you a sense of direction. You can figure out where the sound you are hearing is coming from.
Originally, recording technology only permitted mono recording. One microphone, and one speaker to play it back. When you listen to recordings made before about 1962, you are listening to a mono recording. If you have a modern stereo and you are playing back a recording from before 1962, you are getting signals out of your left and right speaker, but the signals are identical. You are just getting mono out of two speakers.
Originally "stereo" meant placing two microphones on something--one to represent what the left ear would hear, and one to represent what the right ear would hear.
However, when you take one microphone and plug it into a recording device, you can only record a mono track. Your recording device might permit you to record what you think is stereo, but in reality you are only recording two identical mono tracks.
A guitar also has a plug that comes out of it that sends a mono signal.
Nowadays we create fake stereo inside the recording device by means of what we call a digital reverb or digital delay. This device takes a mono input (such as from a single microphone or from a single guitar cord) and simulates the sound as if it were playing in a much larger room, with positional information included--placing something in a simulated position in the stereo field and creating a simulated left stereo channel and a simulated right stereo channel.
So if you record one input, and put no effects on it, you get mono. If you run it through a stereo reverb or a stereo delay, you get simulated stereo.
If you put an acoustic guitar in a large, reverberant room, and set up two microphones, one on the left side of the room and one on the right side of the room, and record the two mono mike signals to a stereo track on your digital recorder, then you get real live stereo.
When you play a software instrument in GarageBand, it records it as a stereo signal. What you are usually getting is in fact a monophonic sample that is processed through a stereo reverb, simulating stereo. In some cases, it may actually be a digitally sampled musical instrument that was sampled in stereo, with two microphones, like the example of the guitar in the reverberant room that I mentioned above. Software instruments of drum kits and acoustic pianos are examples of instruments that are usually sampled as real or artificial stereo to begin with.
Beginners think "stereo" is the right way to record, and "mono" is not. But this has nothing to do with the right way to record, and has nothing to do with wheter it's a high quality recording. If you are recording through only one microphone, or only one guitar cord, this is mono, and that's right.

Good points, Wheat. And when you record from several sources, and combine them and mix them, panning things to "set the stage" you get a stereo mix, of mono recordings. SI, the final result is stereo, not necessarily each individual piece of the recording. Of course, a drum kit can be recorded in stereo, as well as some keyboards that are actually stereo. But most things you hear on CDs are a compilation of mono tracks, panned to create the stereo image you hear.

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