Guitar / vocals left side fix?

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Strooth
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2011/02/02 00:45:34 (permalink)

Guitar / vocals left side fix?

I have just bought Sonar XI and placed it on a new laptop after my old computer with Sonar 6 died.   When I record guitar or vocals it comes out in the left channel only.  Is there an easy fix for this explain in plain English for a non-tech guy?
 
The User Guide states on page 48 "I only get one side of my guitar / microphone recorded. You may be recording through a stereo input. *[Yes.] ... Right click the track and select track properties from the popup menu. *[ No such popup menu exists that I can find.] This opens the Track Properties dialog *{ It doesn't exist], where you can specify the desired input port. Select the appropriate side of
your stereo pair, either left or right as opposed to stero."
Does this mean that I am forever locked into converting my left channel recordings to mono?
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    ChuckC
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    Re:Guitar / vocals left side fix? 2011/02/02 01:07:38 (permalink)
    I am not sure in X1 but it sounds like you have an interface with 2 inputs & your track input is set to stereo.   In 8.5.3  if you are on track view & make the track taller (stretch the bottom down to open it up further)  there is a tab for "I"  & one for "o"   you can click the in tab & choose from stereo,  mono input #1, mono input #2.   Sounds like you need to pick mono #1 & you shoul be all set.  Hope this helps.  If X1 is completely diffeent than the above info maybe useless but I have to imagine the choices should be similar. 

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    Tweeg
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    Re:Guitar / vocals left side fix? 2011/02/02 01:25:08 (permalink)
    Yep...pretty much exactly what ChuckC said.  I had the same problem when I set up 8.5
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    Re:Guitar / vocals left side fix? 2011/02/02 03:51:01 (permalink)
    Thanks. Fixed. So easy!
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    Re:Guitar / vocals left side fix? 2011/02/02 04:30:56 (permalink)
    Nice to get things working, isn't it?
    To summarize: If you record mono signal (like guitar or microphone) on a stereo track, it gets recorded on the left channel as default.
    Alway choose a mono track for mono source.


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