i’ve been experimenting the last few days and found out that overdubbing is the easiest. The panning doesn’t work, so i’ve been trying to that and it turns out it works fine.
So i’d like to thank everyone for thinking and helping!
overdubbing is the easiest.
Yes. You can become an orchestra with a USB microphone and computer sitting in the middle of the floor with overdubbing. No other equipment needed.
Koz
I had the same problem and I figure out what was causing the audio to only come in on the left channel. The driver for the audio device when installed defaults to a 1 channel mono recording devices. I went to my sound setting in windows and changed the recording devices to 2 channel stereo and it started working perfectly.
I hope to revive this thread, as I am having exactly the same problem as dutchdrummer. I am attempting to capture a stereo audio performance. (I am not interested in overdubbing yet.) I play guitar into a Zoom G1on (which generates a stereo output). The G1on output is a TRS 1/4" jack to two mono 1/4" jacks. This y-cable feeds a Behringer Xenyx Q502USB mixer. I am monitoring my output with the Xenyx’s headphone output, and I am always hearing a stereo signal there. The Xenyx has a USB output which feeds my Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 10. I’m running Audacity 2.3.3.
To reiterate the problem: somewhere between the output of the Xenyx mixer and Audacity, the stereo signal is reduced to a mixed-to-mono, left-channel-only signal. When I record in Audacity, it records this mixed-to-mono signal to both channels. If I pan the Xenyx hard left, nothing changes. As I pan the Xenyx from center to hard right, the signal in both channels of Audacity diminishes until there is no signal in either channel at the hard-right point. I checked the sound settings that evilmd123 mentions in his post, and everything is set as they suggest.
I’ve gone through every step of the configuration, from my computer’s sound settings to Audacity’s various input settings, and I cannot seem to get Audacity to capture the stereo that my Xenyx is outputting.
Can anyone help me with this?
[u]Here[/u] are the instructions for setting Windows to stereo recording.
Thank you DVDdoug. I’ve configured Windows for stereo recording, and checked it several times. No problem there.
Some ideas:
You seem to be very thorough. Is there a reason you are not running Audacity 2.4.2 ?
Go to Speaker icon > Sounds > Recording > your USB mixer > Properties > Listen > check “Listen to this device”. Are you getting stereo separation here?
On your mixer, can you plug your headphones into your “MAIN OUT L” and “MAIN OUT R” to make sure you are getting full channel separation there?
Consider using a different cable and plugging the mixer into a different port on your computer.
Does the mixer work properly with another computer ?
Have you tried recording with other audio software ?
I hope this helps. 
In Audacity, do you have the recording channels window set to “2 (Stereo) Recording Channels”?
I know this thread is almost a year old. I ran into the same problem today. I believe I have found a solution that may help others.
My original setup
- Q802USB with two XLR mics plugged in (the problem happens with one mic too.)
- Audacity set to record in stereo
- Windows 10 Microphone Properties page, Advanced tab set to ‘2 channel, 16 bit, 48000 Hz’
Result: Audacity only record mono, same level in both channels (L/R.) If you pan the mic on Q802 to the right, the input is silent on both channel (L/R.)
Solution:
In the Windows 10 Microphone Properties page, Advanced tab, uncheck the ‘Enable audio enhancements’ option (it was checked by default.) Restart Audacity. And behold, Audacity starts recording stereo. And the pan knob on the mics work!
I hope this helps others.
