Record show only Left channel

[shinnen]

Hi,
I'm copying LPs, and the level meter shows that only the 'L' channel is recording. Is this normal?
Thanks,
John

[kozikowski]

It would be good to know a little more about your system since that kind of problem is caused by different things depending on which turntable you bought.

Audacity wakes up from first birthday in Mono--single audio channel. Did you change that in the Audacity Preferences before you started?

(From memory now) Preferences > Audio I/O > Recording > 2CH (Stereo).

Sometimes you need to restart Audacity for the settings to work.

Koz

[shinnen]

Thanks Koz. Got it.
john

[cmordr]

I too have left channel only. Prefs are set to stereo (2 channel) and restarted audacity, updated soundcard drivers, still no right channel. any suggestions? thx in advance. my sys is win xp pro sp2, sound card is CMI8738 and integral to Asus P4T533 motherboard

[alatham]

cmordr,

Do you perchance have something plugged into the Mic In port? That's a mono input.

If that's not the case then we need to know how everything is plugged together and what you're trying to record.

[Bfair]

I had a similar problem and traced it to a loose connection in the phono cartridge. Have you checked that there is output from the turntable on both channels by unplugging the outputs one at a time?

[shinnen]

Hi,
One of my problems was that the channel selector (i.e. Am, Fm, phono, or Cd) on my amp was not making good contact. Working the selector back and forth fixed that problem.
....... john

[cmordr]

Problem solved! I had a spare sound card, so in device manager, i disabled the integral sound card, installed the spare sound card. The line-in connection is now stereo. All is good. Thank you folks for your quick responses and good suggestions. One suggestion mentioned the mic jack, which was helpful. I used the mic jack to prove that a left and right signal was indeed being sent, although dual mono, which helped me narrow my trouble shooting.