Recording Stero Wave Out mix

edwindora · Post by **edwindora** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:08 am

Hello, sorry if this is the wrong forum, but its my first post.

i am trying to record some sound effects for a school production using the wave out recording. But i can only seem to record this in mono? while recording only one red bar is moving at the top. How do i record in stereo from the wave out?

Thanks

Post by **steve** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:15 pm

edwindora wrote:Hello, sorry if this is the wrong forum, but its my first post.

No problem, but we do need to know your operating system and which version of Audacity you are using.

edwindora · Post by **edwindora** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:20 am

XP media centre and 1.2.6

Post by **steve** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:23 am

Open up Audacity Preferences:
Edit menu > Preferences

Go to the "Audio I/O" tab and check that you have "Channels" set to "2 (stereo)".

edwindora · Post by **edwindora** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:57 am

haha, sorry that was really obvious..

many thanks!

Post by **waxcylinder** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:19 am

edwindora wrote:haha, sorry that was really obvious..

many thanks!

My be "obvious" - but it sure catches a lot of newbies out - so don't feel embarrassed.

Some of us would prefer if the default was 2 -channel stereo OOTB. Then we wouldn't keep getting this issue - and only folks who actually want to record in mono - or use multi-channels - would need to reset this parameter

WC

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