Recording live drum track, having trouble getting my input source in stereo
I have my drums mic'd up, and am going through my Mackie DFX-12, out through my headphones jack, and into my audio input. The problem is that even though i have the drums panned out on the mixer, they are all centered on Garageband.
I'm pretty sure that it's a problem with my input source that I'm using on garageband, but i can't seem to figure it out.
From my mixer I have a 1/4-1/8 clip that going to a 1/8 chord that goes into my audio input. Also, both the chord and clip are stereo.
PLEASE HELP ME!
No, my plugs are def. stereo. I even bought new ones just to double check, and returned later that day when i realized that it was the same.
And the Mackie doesn't have a USB input, or output.
I was thinking maybe i could record two channels at the same time, and have one left and one right, but i'm not sure how to go about doing that.
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