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Hello Audacity,

A couple of weeks i ago i tried to record a dj mix with my laptop (vista) from my dj setup (pioneer). That just didn't work so i bought an m-audio usb interface. Now i can record in proper quality but i still got a problem. As soon as i hit the record button in Audacity it's clear that it's recording the mix MONO. Ofcourse i set the preferences to stereo.

Here are some screens:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8403/naamloosma.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7413/stereop.jpg

What should i do ??? Please help me.

Thx

You should upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12, then you need to say which version of Windows you are using. If you are using Vista or Windows 7 there is a setting in the Windows Control Panel to set recording to mono/stereo (and it usually defaults to mono).
See here for some tips on using the Windows Control Panel: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

Thanks for the quick repy! I also tried the 1.3.12 version of Audacity a couple of days ago.

stevethefiddle wrote:then you need to say which version of Windows you are using. If you are using Vista or Windows 7 there is a setting in the Windows Control Panel to set recording to mono/stereo (and it usually defaults to mono).

So now i installed the beta version again. I'm using windosw vista and i searched for the option to set the settings to stereo but i can't find that in de windows control panel. When i'm at home i'll post a screen so it be clear to you.

EDIT: here are the screens:
http://img576.imageshack.us/i/volumemixerrrr.jpg/
http://img405.imageshack.us/i/algemeennn.jpg/
http://img85.imageshack.us/i/geavanceerddd.jpg/
http://img517.imageshack.us/i/niveausbalansss.jpg/

I Hope you can help me!

I don't use Vista or Windows 7 myself, so I'm just working from the documentation, but that third picture looks like the setting for recording stereo (I can't read Dutch either).

So what's happening now? Are you still only getting the recording on one side?
Have you checked the leads?

I still get it only on one side. Hope someone can help me with the problem.

If it's a lead problem there's nothing that we can do across the forum - you will need to check that out yourself. Depending on what leads you have you may be able to swap them around to check that they all work.

What do you mean with "a lead problem"? It's very weird that many people on the internet have the same mono recording problem and no-one has the solution. I set my preferences to stereo. Isn't there someone with an m audio external soundcard who has the same problem here??

HoustonProbs wrote:What do you mean with "a lead problem"?

What Steve means is that, if Windows and Audacity are both set up to record in stereo, the problem is most likely the connection between the deck and the M-audio. If you swap the two connectors at the input to the M-audio, do you get the sound on the other channel, or is it still the same?

PO'L