One recorded channel louder than the other [SOLVED]

[jb3funk]

cheere steve!!!

see what i noticed aswell!!!

speaker icon--- right click: Recording Devices:Double Click On Your Sound Card---Advanced

i have this as Default Mode
1 Channel,16 Bit.44100 Hz (Cd quality)

this setting Is Fine For Me

i notice if i change this to 2 channel, the 2 channels are not equal when i am recording...

select the sample rate And Bit Debt when running in Sharded Mode

not Quiet Sure What That Means...hehe

[steve]

i have this as Default Mode
1 Channel,16 Bit.44100 Hz (Cd quality)

If you want to record in stereo, then that should be set to "2 Channel".
It's not unusual for the left and right channels to be at slightly different levels from a turntable, but if they are a long way out then there may be something wrong.

[jb3funk]

weird cause my recordings are All in stereo and that setting is at 1 Channel,16 Bit.44100 Hz (Cd quality)

Strange One!!!

[steve]

Are you sure that they are actually stereo and not just 2 identical (mono) channels?

[jb3funk]

well according to the audio properties: Channels 2 (Stereo) right click on the track

how do you check to see if it is stereo?

when i play them bk via foobar: it says stereo aswell

[steve]

how do you check to see if it is stereo?

Two ways of doing it:

1) If you record something that has a distinctly stereo sound (the left and right sound distinctly different), then you can just listen to the recording to see if the left and right channels still sound distinctly different.

2) You can check if the two tracks are identical (mono) by applying the "Vocal Remover" effect. If the two channels were identical then the result will be silence.

[jb3funk]

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here is a pic of one of my recordings....i record my records at -6 as you said to me the last time,and also you can see where it says stereo aswell

[steve]

and also you can see where it says stereo aswell

Yes, Audacity is recording as stereo - that is, the sound that it is receiving is being recorded to two channels (left and right), but if Audacity is receiving mono sound, then both the left and right channels will be identical.

Possibly a good example of what I mean is CDs. CDs are always recorded as stereo tracks, but let's say that you have a CD of a 1920's recording. Back in the 1920s stereo had not been invented - all recordings were mono. If a mono 1920s recording is re-released on CD, then although the CD format is stereo (like your pictured stereo track) the actual sound will still be mono (both left and right channels will be identical). The tests that I mentioned are to test if the actual sound is mono or stereo.

[jb3funk]

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when i did the vocal remover effect.... for center- panned vocals

i got the Picture Above...

Is That Right Steve?

So Its Stereo So yes?

[steve]

Apart from a couple of clicks, that looks like silence.

If the two channels were identical then the result will be silence.