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Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:08 am
by edwindora
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
Re: Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:15 pm
by steve
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.
Re: Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:20 am
by edwindora
XP media centre and 1.2.6
Re: Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:23 am
by steve
Open up Audacity Preferences:
Edit menu > Preferences
Go to the "Audio I/O" tab and check that you have "Channels" set to "2 (stereo)".
Re: Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:57 am
by edwindora
haha, sorry that was really obvious..
many thanks!
Re: Recording Stero Wave Out mix
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:19 am
by waxcylinder
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