audio track no stereo

hi everyone..i wonder if i could get some help with this. I'm not an xpert with cakewalk..but i use (still) 8.5. My problem is this..i plug in my electric guitar to my soundcard(soundblaster audigy 2 ZS) line in..everything ok..sound coming out..but when i record, it only comes out on the left channel. On the audio track the input is as i have used before...stereo SB Audigy 2ZS ASIO (E880)(11 in 10 out)in the pop down menu,it's called stereo SB Audigy 2 ZS ASio(E880)analog mix L,,,output is on master. So i know its only the Left as the L indicates this. I have tried to change the input ,,but nothing works..in fact the only one that really 'works' is the one i mentioned above. I know i can change the track to mono and then to stereo by right clicking in the track field..but i have also noticed the when i play back what i have recorded the volume level (on the right side) in the track isn't showing anything,but it is in the master down at the bottom.Also when i paly the guitar before i record i see that the level indicator is only on the left channel. This is the first time i have recorded electric guitar in a few years..and as far as i can remember,the last time i recoreded(with the same set up) everything was ok..anybody have any idea what i'm doing wrong,or can point me in the right direction..thanks/Ray

I believe your sound card has a single input for both the left and right channels, no? If so, then you have to go into it with a stereo cord to record on both channels. Sometimes you can get a regular mono cord to work by pulling it halfway out.
 
It would be a lot better if you could buy a little mixer. You can find small, used 4-channel mixers on Craigslist all day for $25. Then you would need a stereo Y-cord to come out of the stereo 1/4" outputs of the mixer and into the single stereo 1/8" input of the sound card.
 
Bill

I have an old Audigy II sound card somewhere in a shoe box around here. The Audigy has it's own GUI mixer app and you set the proper inputs there first.
The ASIO drivers are the worst I have ever used and it works better with ASIO4all.  I wasted over a year getting nowhere with that dang thing,,, Overall not a recommended sound card. Your tracks will be out of sync
 
You'd be miles ahead with any ASIO $100 Audio interface driver wise.
 
 

Asio4all is still going strong and has seen many upgrades. It got a bad rap around here years ago but now many of us have found it is a good tool when all your needing is a stable audio driver for a laptop to do some simple work on. I did a loopback test and it was bang on in sync. WASAPI and WDM were not.
 
I had a basic Sound Blaster card years ago too and never got things to work with Cakewalk so I ended up buying my first interface, the Tascam. 
 
http://www.asio4all.org/

The older Audigy units were clocked at 48 k and the units did ‘realtime’ conversion to 44.1 if you used that sample rate (or anything else). All kinds of fun. Get another interface.

hi everyone ..thanks for all the info...i've been a bit busy. sorry. I managed to understand the jinx of it all now..left side in mono should get the sound on both speakers..i was actually going to take a screenshot and show u what i did..will do that hopefully at the weekend..i actually got it up and working. As i understand now..only one channell will show up in the track,,not 2. ???about the soundcard ,I actually tried asio4all years ago,and it worked ok for me..i dont have any probs with syncing at all..in fact the opposite..i get a pretty good sound from the old war horse.Thanks again everyone for all help..appreciate it../ray