Audacity recording same audio on both channels[SOLVED]

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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[Using Audacity 2.0.0 from .exe installer on Windows 7 Home Premium]

Newbie Audacity user here, so this is probably a very simple set-up issue: when I record from a Numark TT USB turntable, I get the same signal on both channels of the recording (from a stereo LP). The audio from one channel is missing from the recording. I’ve tried this with several LPs that I’m very familiar with, so I can detect the missing vocals.

Am I doing something really stupid?

Thanks
Andy

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Are you only using the USB connection between the turntable and the laptop? This is dead easy to get wrong with the analog connections, but I can’t see an easy way to get this wrong with the USB digital connections.

Edit > Preferences > Devices and make sure it’s set for stereo.

Just on a whim, download and play this sound clip on a fresh Audacity.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/LRMonoPhaset4.wav

It’s in four short segments and I bet you can’t hear at least one.

Koz

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Hi, thanks for your reply. My device preferences look OK, but in case I’ve misunderstood, I’ve attached a screengrab.

I played back the wav file and in fact I can hear all four segments. I’m guessing this suggests that it isn’t an Audacity setting that’s at issue, but a question of the signal from the turntable not getting to the PC on one channel? It is a USB connection, so most of the popular mistakes are impossible, as you guessed.

Thanks
audacity-preferences-devices.png

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This is normal if you don’t set Windows to record from the USB turntable in stereo.

Click here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/recording_with_usb_turntables.html#setup

and follow the steps in the green box “Operating System Specifics: On Windows Vista/7”.



Gale

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Hi

Wow, you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT (as I’m sure you knew). I would NEVER have found that for myself, thanks so much. Now my digitizing project on my ancient LP collection has no more excuses for not starting…

Thanks again
Andy