Problem capturing Stereo audio

I know I have 2 separate tracks of audio on my tapes. One wireless mic and one shotgun mic. I have tried all audio capture settings, but FCP just keeps on capturing the first audio channel? Any suggestions how to get both audio tracks captured.
I even tried to capture with tapes that I´ve succesfully managed to capture both audio channels before. I just added a second scratch disk, also internal, could this have to do with my problem?

When I open the Log & capture window there are items missing in the Capture Settings and Clip Settings Tab?! I can´t for intsance choose how many audio cahnnels I want to capture. Anybody seen thing like this?

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I'm recording from an external synthesizer, and it sounds really weak when I record in mono. So I switch over to stereo, where I record on Audio 1 on the track list (as it now represents the left side, while Audio 2 on the track list represents the right).
After recording, I copy the recorded region onto Audio 2 to create the stereo effect (i.e. Audio 1 = left side, Audio 2 = right side). Audio 2 is controlled by stereo object "Track 1-2," which is set in Audio 1 (where I originally recorded the external sound).
But...
My problem is I'm not hearing any sound on the right side, or at all when I copy and paste the recorded region from Audio 1 to Audio 2. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or if I have to set the parameters so that Audio 2 actually plays the right side of my "Track 1-2" stereo set-up from Audio 1.
Thanks for any help!

1: if something is stereo record it as stereo and if mono record as mono
2: recording mono and changing it to stereo won't make sense because its the same channel on two sides it'll still sound mono
3: recording stereo then switching the channel to mono is not a good idea because if the the both sides are phase then it'll sound weird because you'll only get the both soft sides in the centre or both loud sides in the centre
I'll rather use direct mixer plug-in for this type of job or I'll force split the stereo file then put them on two separate tracks then centre the pan on both tracks
my English is not that good but i hope you got what i mean
or get a cable which is 1 stereo 6.5 jack to two RCA left and right or two Mono 6.5 Jacks left and right
this way headphone out from the external gear to two channels (unbalanced) in your interface to logic
then select which input they are then hit record
doing this way will make sure anything you hear in headphone is what ever you'll record
stash

Stereo Audio recording in Captivate 6?

Hi, I am having problems with capturing stereo audio in sync with the video, in Captivate 6. I am making training videos for music software and have looped back the audio from the programme into Captivate, in order to record it's output. It monitors fine, but it looks as though Captivate is only recording the audio in mono - and there are no settings to change this. Is this the case? I really need stereo sound on the input, otherwise functions in the programme cannot be demonstrated correctly. I have looked through the forums and it would seem that stereo recording was definitely included in earlier versions (as it caused some users the opposite problem of sound from a microphone only appearing on one side). I am using Captivate version 6 on Windows 7. Please can you help me? Cheers, Mike

Hi Michael,
There is no option to select the audio recording as stereo or mono at time of recording.
Can you tell me that have you installed captivate as a part of suite or it is a stand alone Product?
If you have installed Captivate as a part of E-learning suite there is a software called as Adobe Auditon which also gets installed as a part of suite , which can serve your Purpose , It can record as stereo as well as mono. and you can directly insert the audio generated from this software in Captivate.
And In Captivate also there is an option in Edit > Prefrences>Publish settings.
You can uncheck the Publish as Mono option while Publishing and check if it works for you.
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I have problems with bluetooth too, I can pair but sudenly the stereo freez ! The problem is with IOS7 only, I tried with ios6 and no problems. Maybe your stereo as well as mine and many others need firmware update. That´s why I am requesting to Renault to fix the problem.

Why Does FCE capture DV audio as dual mono instead of stereo?

FCE captures DV audio as dual mono audio files instead of a single stereo audio file. You can see this if you "Show Movie Properties" in Quicktime. Files I captured in Premiere 6 years ago have a single stereo file. The problem is that the new dual mono format for DV won't play on the Final Cut Pro 3.04 installed on my wife's G4 (OS 10.4.11, Quicktime 7.6.2). FCP 3.04 doesn't see any audio for these dual mono files though it will play the video. It won't even create an audio waveform. But FCP 3.04 plays the older stereo audio clips captured in Premiere just fine. And if I export the dual mono files out of QT as a stereo file, then FCP 3.04 will play them just fine.
This lack of backward compatibility is quite frustrating. I can't seem to find a setting in FCE that will capture audio as a single stereo file. Why isn't NTSC DV always stereo? I guess maybe they had to go dual mono to facilitate surround sound panning in 5:1 or something. If nobody knows how to do this in FCE, I guess I'll just capture in FCP 3.04. I spent the better part of a day figuring out this hidden little tidbit. The lesson is don't try to go back!! We must always accelerate forward into newer versions and formats.

The problem is in your wife's machine. She is using a version of the OS and QuickTime that are much too new for the version of the software she's using. She really not not be using an OS newer than 10.4.10 and QT should 7.2 or earlier.
Yes. I was beginning to suspect that this was at the root cause of my issue. Thanks for the info. Frankly, my wife needs to buy a new Intel iMac so we'll both be able to work on the video I'm dumping. I had FCP 3 lying around from years ago and it's the only thing that might have worked on her old G4 AGP, so I thought I'd give it a try.

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Hello!!
I am trying to capture audio using jmf 2.1.1.e in Linux (SuSE 8.1) with jdk 1.4.2_04. I have "alsa" properly installed. However, when I try to capture using jmstudio, I am shown "javaSound audio", LINEAR, 44100 Hz, 16 bits, stereo, little endian and after cliking OK I get :"Could't initialize the Capture Device".
I also try to run a code to capture audio, using the following:
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LINEAR, 44100.0 Hz, 16-bit, Stereo, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 44100.0 Hz, 16-bit, Mono, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 22050.0 Hz, 16-bit, Stereo, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 22050.0 Hz, 16-bit, Mono, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 11025.0 Hz, 16-bit, Stereo, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 11025.0 Hz, 16-bit, Mono, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 8000.0 Hz, 16-bit, Stereo, LittleEndian, Signed
LINEAR, 8000.0 Hz, 16-bit, Mono, LittleEndian, Signed
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Audio not supported: interface TargetDataLine supporting format PCM_SIGNED, 44100.0 Hz, 16 bit, stereo, little-endian, audio data, and buffers of 22050 to 22050 bytes
java.io.IOException: Cannot open audio device for input.
javax.media.NoDataSourceException: Error instantiating class: com.sun.media.protocol.javasound.DataSource : java.io.IOException: Cannot open audio device for input.
at javax.media.Manager.createDataSource(Manager.java:1012)
at AVTransmit2.createProcessor(AVTransmit2.java:136)
at AVTransmit2.start(AVTransmit2.java:54)
at AVTransmit2.main(AVTransmit2.java:553)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at AVTransmit2.waitForState(AVTransmit2.java:460)
at AVTransmit2.createProcessor(AVTransmit2.java:188)
at AVTransmit2.start(AVTransmit2.java:54)
at AVTransmit2.main(AVTransmit2.java:553)
Has anybody ever had this problem?? Do you know where the problem is? Do you know how to solve it??
Could you be so kind as to help me, please???
Thank you very much in advance.

Hi wew64.
I m new to JMF. I just made a simple media player not any more. can you please tell me what is "alsa" and "arts".
actually I want to control my Sound card properties like "Microphone, Line In, etc...." is it possible in java if it is please tell me.
I will be very thankful to you
I m very upset about it because it is minimum 3-weeks late, my project is pending on this stage. All i want to do, just to mute the volume of "line in" (property in my sound card, which takes audio data from a TvTunner card and leaves this audio data out to the speakers.)so that only the audio from my computer's( any application like media player) can goes to the speakers, not the audio comming from the TvTunner(My TvTunner is opperated by the application provided by the vendor, I did not develop this on my own in java. I just made my media player in java). Yes this is the PROBLEM that both audios from TvTunner card and from My Application are being transmitted to speakers simultanously. But i want, when my application is running, the audio comming from TvTunner should be muted and when my application is exited, the TvTunner's audio should be unmuted. And this is only done by Line In property because Audio from TvTunner card is got by the Sound card through the Line In property.
I tried my best to find out the solution but could not get any thing right.
Please Help me
thanks
Khurram

Problems capturing audio track

I am having a problem capturing from my DV camera into Final Cut Pro (version 5.1.4) on a souped up G4. I made a few changes to the hardware configuration recently, but the problem started prior to these upgrades so I don't think it is related. I installed an ATA drive and replaced a defective USB2/FW800 Sonnet card.
I thought I had a problem with the playback head on the camera when the capture issues first started. I got black horizontal bars on the screen of the camera as well as on the screen when I attempted to capture footage. I also got timecode error messages. I was able to capture some of the tape in FCP using a different camera, but upon examination I noticed both audio tracks are missing small segments of data. There are a few blank spots scattered throughout the footage. The picture is fine. The problem is in the audio tracks only. both tracks in the same area.
One of the camera repair people I talked to said the tape could be bad. Does this make sense if only the audio track is missing segments and the picture track is complete?
Thanks, I appreciate any help you can give me in figuring this out.

Thanks for your suggestions and opinion. I am reading everyone's comments. In order to get the most from this discussion, please answer each of these questions separately so the people who are following it will have no trouble following the answers that apply to each.
I distinctly remember when I was shooting the footage of the problem tape, the picture looked fine. It was not until I tried to review the tape that the problem appeared.
1. Is it possible that the camera works for shooting but the camera playback head is causing problems?
2. Can a bad playback head damage the tape on playback?
2. Can shooting onto a bad tape damage a camera?
3. Is it possible to shoot with a camera with a bad playback and then use another drive for playback?
Thanks for your help. I do know a few people who are having playback problems, since all the tape cameras are getting old, so we appreciate this discussion.

Problems capturing DV video that has 32k audio

While capturing in a project that has a basic set up for DV/PAL 48kz, I keep getting warnings after capture, that the frequency of my captured material does not match my project settings and there might be synchro problems with my audio later!
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This doesn't happen with any other audio than my voice overs, but when I import the stereo audio into the timeline, it goes into A1 and A17 (I had 16 tracks of audio, none of them empty, so it created a new one just for the second track of my stereo audio). Or if I put the first of the stereo tracks into A2, the second one goes into A16, same for A3 it goes into A15, A4 and A14, etc.
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Stereo audio works only in FCE

I know this has been covered before but I would like some help to get from where I am now, out of the hole I seem to have dug.
Briefly, VHS video with HiFI stereo audio was converted with a Sony DCR TRV355 camera to DVPAL 720x576. Audio 16Bit 48Khz. Firewire cable plugged into the MAC running FCE4 and captured using 'capture now'. So far so good. I drag the clip to the timeline and the two audio tracks and the video track appear. The three names are all underlined. The two audio tracks are linked (the two arrows point to each other like an hour glass where the two tracks touch). The audio plays in stereo. I do nothing to this file, and quit FCE. Now, if I play that untouched captured file on a MAC or PC, in Quicktime, Windows Media Player, FLV whatever, the audio is mono, not stereo. Possibly only one leg of the stereo pair, or possibly left and right summed to mono, it's not easy to tell.
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... VHS video with HiFI stereo audio was converted with a Sony DCR TRV355 camera to DVPAL 720x576. Audio 16Bit 48Khz. Firewire cable plugged into the MAC running FCE4 and captured using 'capture now'.
This should have worked fine. A few questions -
Did you use the TRV355 as a converter between your VHS deck and your Mac, or did you record the VHS video to a tape in your TRV355 ... and later use FCE to capture from the TRV355 tape?
What Easy Setup did you use in FCE when you captured this video?
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Did you experience the "mono problem" playing the captured clip on the same Mac you used to capture the video, or did the problem appear on a different Mac?
When you experienced the "mono problem" were you playing the captured clip in QuickTime X or QuickTime 7?
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Any ideas why the stereo audio on my miniDV tapes was imported as separate mono tracks? I'm using FCE HD 3.5 -- the tape was shot on a Canon XL1 using 12bit audio (32KHz, not reset after a project using 4 audio channels).
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Are you sure that your camera has actually recorded 2 channels ?
I ask that because I got that problem a year ago. When I checked my camera and the tape I discovered it was just recording 1 audio track. On capture FCE was doubling it up to 2 mono tracks. It must have been a malfunction because the camera has no way of switching to mono.
Months later, after threatening the beast with dire consequences, it started recording normal 2 track stereo.
I have never discovered the cause of the problem.

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Now I'm wondering how does AIR do audio output on the native level (iOS). What API does it use... From that I might be able to understand how to capture the audio. I know that there are different audio "pathways" from my limited iOS understanding, like Remote IO, or AVFoundation - but I'm not sure how/if its possible to capture from AVFoundation if its that. I know there's a way to capture from Remote IO.
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All the settings are proper, like i said, it captures with the apple codec for HDV but that is only good for on the fly. iMovie captures it fine, it's just when the settings in FCP are set for HDV it won't capture picture through log and capture.
Are you guys actually reading my post??? I have given all the information that i can, settings are proper, so the post so far are completely redundant.

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