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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by steve » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:58 am

Can you save the screenshot as JPG or PNG? Both of those format are allowed, and the files are much smaller than BMP, so quicker to upload and quicker to display.
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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by mitsurugi67 » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:32 pm

stevethefiddle wrote:Can you save the screenshot as JPG or PNG? Both of those format are allowed, and the files are much smaller than BMP, so quicker to upload and quicker to display.
Its in Dutch, but you should understand it. I cant click on the 'select' button beneath the line in. There comes no mark or something like that. Thanks
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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by steve » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:57 pm

The "Selecteren" box should be clickable. If it does not select when you click on it then I suspect there is a bug in the sound card drivers.
You may need to search for updated drivers for your sound card.
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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by Trimec » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:21 am

Hi, i have similar questions? I want stereo recording, but at the result it is mono. How can i solve?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by steve » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:54 pm

Check in "Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O" and set the number of channels to "2 (stereo)".

If that is not the problem, please provide more information about your system.
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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by imaginelearning3 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:38 pm

I have 10 years of video and audio production experience. The problem might be the mic you are using. There are some microphones that will only record mono sound. You can always record using a mono track and duplicate the track to make it stereo. If the mono track is the left channel, then just duplicate the left channel to the right channel. This will not be a true stereo recording, but after you mix the mono into stereo you will at least hear the sound from both speakers in a left and right channel mix.

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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by mitsurugi67 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:38 pm

stevethefiddle wrote:The "Selecteren" box should be clickable. If it does not select when you click on it then I suspect there is a bug in the sound card drivers.
You may need to search for updated drivers for your sound card.
After i installed a driver for my sound card, the box is clickable , so thanks!
but when i record something is very loud, how can i change this?

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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by steve » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:00 pm

turn the recording volume down? :?
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Re: recording problem with 2 channels

Post by adampgreen01 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:32 pm

I have seen some small two or three line audio mixers that have a multiple sound inputs. You could connect your musical instrument through the mixer and then hook the mixer up to your soundcard. This may give you more control over the volume and mono/stereo options.

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