Losing the Stereo

[nhmartens]

It's not the headphones playback (headphones or speakers).

It's the recording. And it's enforced by the meters in Audacity itself. I recorded the same song on both PCs. I watched the meters while it was recording. On PC7 the left and right meters registered differently. But on PC10, they were locked together. I played both projects on PC10 and the playback meters from the PC7 recording were uneven (just like they were originally recorded) while the meters from PC10 were identical.

So now, what I have to do is record the song on PC7 and finish the editing on PC10.

I can't 'retire' PC7 until I get this resolved. This has really got me scratching my head.

Thanks.

[steve]

Both are using USB 2.0 connections.
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I'm curious why that says "2 - USB". What other devices are listed in the Recording tab of the Windows Sound control panel?
Is it a USB cassette player like this:

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Perhaps you could post a larger screenshot, like this (but with your cassette player selected)

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[nhmartens]

First, my cassette unit isn't 'like' your picture. It 'IS' your picture. Same model.

Here's the options from both system:

PC10:
Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Microsoft Sound Mapper-Input
Headset Microphone (Plantronics
Microphone Array (2-USB PnP AU

PC7:
Microsoft Sound Mapper-Input
Microphone Array (2-USB PnP AU
Microphone (Realtek High Definition
I have never plugged my headset with the microphone into PC7 so it doesn't show up.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

[nhmartens]

Oops, clicked submit before providing your second request.

Image attached.

Thanks.

[nhmartens]

It's not the play back that's giving me issues. For instance, I can record the song on PC7 and play it back on PC10, feeling the full stereo effect.

It's the 'recording' on PC10 that seems to be dropping the stereo.

Thanks.