Both of my mixer channels are recording as one.

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi Guys & Gals

I’m still fairly new to audacity so forgive me if this is an obvious question. I have a small Mixer with 1 XLR input and a 1/4 inch input. I’m getting together with a friend to do an audio recording tonight so I’m looking to plug one mic into the XLR and another into the 1/4 inch. I can make it work but audacity seems to want to record both as one channel, which is a bit inconvienent.

My question is: Can I seperate them into two channels? It seems like I should be able to, as when I go into my computer sound settings the mixer is listed as having two channels, however when I go into Devices in audacity the only thing I can choose from is mono or stereo, which doesn’t seem to help.

Thanks for any and all help!

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What’s the mixer?
Koz

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Also please see the pink panel at the top of the page and give us the requested information.

If it’s a USB mixer and you are on Vista or later, make sure Windows has the mixer set to record in stereo: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_how_to_s.html#rinstereo.


Gale