Newbie Problem - Can't Record Stereo

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btreloar
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Newbie Problem - Can't Record Stereo

Post by btreloar » Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:51 pm

I'm digitizing some old album tracks and I'm trying to record in stereo but it's only recording mono.

I'm set to MME, source is USB Audio CODEC, recording mode is Stereo. But I'm only hearing and recording mono.

What other settings could be forcing it to mono?
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Trebor
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Re: Newbie Problem - Can't Record Stereo

Post by Trebor » Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:44 am

btreloar wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:51 pm
 What other settings could be forcing it to mono?
Windows ...
audacityteam wrote:Windows: Many USB recording devices, even if stereo, are seen as "microphones" so set by Windows to record in mono. If Audacity is set to record in stereo this will cause both channels to have the same content as one of the channels. To set Windows to record the device in stereo ...
By the system clock, right-click over the Speaker icon select Sounds then the Recording tab, and then click on the USB device in the list and click Properties. Click the Advanced tab set your required bit rate and sample rate from the Default Format dropdown (normally "2 channel 16-bit 44100 Hz").
https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_recording_how_to_s.html#How_can_I_record_in_stereo.3F
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Re: Newbie Problem - Can't Record Stereo

Post by kozikowski » Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:16 am

As Trebor, above. Audacity gets sound from Windows, not the device. There's a step in the middle that's not always obvious.

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btreloar
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Re: Newbie Problem - Can't Record Stereo

Post by btreloar » Sat Oct 17, 2020 8:54 pm

Wow! Thanks for this. Not obvious is right!!!
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