Recording in sterio  (GarageBand 3)

Recording a voice-over input is channel 1&2 (sterio) but when played back the voice is coming out of one speaker and music is coming out of both speakers.
When transfered (burnt to CD) its still the smae - spoken voice from one speaker and music from both speakers.
I would be grateful for any advice or help on this matter
Regards Denis
20inc imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Assuming that your voice is coming from one mouth and the microphone that you record it with is mono, you should set the voice channel to mono. Then the sound will come out of both speakers (unless you change the pan position).

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