recording only out of one speaker!!!!! I NEED HELP

[semiwar]

i recorded Dragonforce - through the fire and flames off a website but when i play it back it only plays out the left speaker. This is the same for every thing else i record. Help would be very, very much appreciated.

~ Thanks!

[kozikowski]

Audacity wakes up from First Birthday in Mono, not stereo. Reset in Preferences.

If that's OK, do you get both bouncing red lights, left and right when you make a recording? Do you get two blue waveforms on your timeline? Like this:

http://kozco.com/audacity/audacityPanel.jpg

Koz

[semiwar]

Well i can choose between stereo and mono, and yes i do have two blue waveforms on my time line.

[kozikowski]

When you play the clip you should get both of the Audacity green bouncing lights in the sound meter. If all that is OK, then you got a good recording and there's something wrong with your playback.

You can download the piano trill from here..

http://www.kozco.com/tech/soundtests.html

...and put it on a timeline by itself. Play it. Do you still hear only one side? That clip has both sides recorded--guaranteed. Start checking cables and plugs and speakers--or maybe amplifiers if you have a fancy sound system.

Koz

[semiwar]

WOW my back plug wasn't plugged in all the way lmao thanks!!!!!