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New member! Problems with recording in stereo
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:03 am
by Mighty Mike
I am converting cassette tapes to digital format (mp3), using a casette player with L and R output into my line-in on my XP media center PC. No matter what I do it won't record in stereo though! I have followed directions and it is all hooked up properly, I have the channels set to 2, I am just not receiving 2 signals. Any ideas on how to correct this? Thanks!
-Mike
Re: New member! Problems with recording in stereo
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:24 am
by steve
What are you getting? A stereo track with one silent track?
Re: New member! Problems with recording in stereo
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:14 pm
by kozikowski
If you have only one channel in a stereo show and it's Right, do you have the plug at the sound card all the way in? Are you completely sure you're plugged into the blue Stereo Line-In and not the pink, Mono Mic-In (assuming a normal sound card)?
Can you pass the touch test? Set Audacity to recording and touch first one RCA and then the other like this....
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/touch.jpg
The noise you generate should be available on both left and right. If that succeeds, then the cassette machine isn't delivering music on both channels. If it fails, try a new cable. If that fails, try Windows Media Recorder instead of Audacity.
If that fails, you have a bum sound card. It's not unheard of. My sister has a sound card with one channel far noisier than the other.
Koz
Re: New member! Problems with recording in stereo
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:03 pm
by Mighty Mike
I'll go through these tests when I make it back to work (I'm converting tapes to digital for my boss). It's definitely into the blue line-in. The track that's getting recorded is the Left one, but yeah, single track recording even though stereo is enabled.
Re: New member! Problems with recording in stereo
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:41 pm
by Mighty Mike
Touch test failed, changed the chord, VOILA, stereo. Thanks guys!
