Can't record in Stereo Presonus USB Audiobox

[luckyvic]

I tried recording stereo on both a XP and Win7 and no luck. It worked on the XP until recently and I tried it on the Win7 today.
Could my Presonus be punking out on me?

Audacity 2.0.5

[kozikowski]

Did you set the Audacity Device Preferences to Stereo? You never said those words.

Koz

[luckyvic]

Yes, I did set it to Stereo.

[steve]

I tried recording stereo on both a XP and Win7 and no luck

So what is it doing?
Is it recording one channel only from the Presonus Audiobox onto one channel of a stereo track, or is it recording both channels mixed down to a mono track, or something else?

[kozikowski]

I think I know this one. This isn't a mixer. Whatever you put into "1" comes out on the left of the stereo show. Put it into "2" and it comes out on the right of the stereo show. It's a Stereo Interface in that if you put stereo microphones in, it will provide a digital stereo show.

Did I hit it?

Koz

[luckyvic]

OK, but I'm using a guitar and bass to record. I used to be able to record a rhythm guitar track in stereo while plugged in the left only. But not anymore.

[kozikowski]

What used to happen to an instrument plugged into Right? Koz

[luckyvic]

The same thing. Very frustrating. Thank you for your help.

[kozikowski]

I downloaded the Presonus User Manual and it tells how to reassign any physical connection to any music connection within the software. I didn't get down to the button-pushing level, but I think that's where your mix went. I hope you got the software drivers -- and license -- with your Audiobox. It seems the license and drivers are registered software.

Koz

[steve]

I used to be able to record a rhythm guitar track in stereo while plugged in the left only.

Not really "stereo". That is "mono on 2 channels".
You can produce a 2 channel mono track from a (1 channel) mono track by duplicating the track (select the track then press Ctrl+D), then from the upper track, click on the track name and select "make stereo track" in the drop down menu.
There isn't really much point in using stereo tracks for mono instruments, unless you intend to apply stereo effects to them (such as stereo chorus).