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I have been able to record fine. But when I play it back, it only comes out of the left speaker. I went to the Audio Hardware setup. For the default output, it says "[01S]Analog 1/2 MobilePre". That is the only option available. My MobilePre has 2 outputs to two speakers. But the option to have output from two speakers is not there. Please advise.
Thanks
Jack

hamnerj wrote:
For the default output, it says "[01S]Analog 1/2 MobilePre". That is the only option available. My MobilePre has 2 outputs to two speakers. But the option to have output from two speakers is not there. Please advise.
That is the option to have output from two speakers. [01S] indicates that it's stereo, and the outputs are Analog 1 and 2. If it's being sent to the sound device as a stereo signal, then there's something wrong, either with your MobilePre, or in the system beyond it.

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