Mono/Stereo Woes

[Mike C]

I have been recording on the software fine for some time but a new issue now seems to have arisen. Im recording an acoustic guitar on a mic. I am settign up a mono track. The recording is really quiet unless i pan it hard left or hard right when it goes as loud as i would have expected it to? i have checked the I/O set up and these look correct. I have selected mono but cannot fix the problem?

 

[SwitchBack]

Is that without any track/bus processing? What you describe sounds like polarity is flipped on one side of a stereo channel. There are a few ways you can achieve that, both with hardware/cabling and with software (e.g. a DAW plugin). Now find the culprit

 

[Stuart Welwood]

What SB said about polarity would behave very much like what you're seeing. Do you have a Mixtool somewhere in the signal path? The reason I ask is because that's how I would create that behavior in a stereo channel.

 

[Mike C]

Is that without any track/bus processing? What you describe sounds like polarity is flipped on one side of a stereo channel. There are a few ways you can achieve that, both with hardware/cabling and with software (e.g. a DAW plugin). Now find the culprit

No processing. i have not set up any busses as of yet, No plug ins. In the mix view when the channel is set down the middle its very quiet when i pan hard left or hard right it goes much louder both when it is hard right and hard left?

 

[Mike C]

What SB said about polarity would behave very much like what you're seeing. Do you have a Mixtool somewhere in the signal path? The reason I ask is because that's how I would create that behavior in a stereo channel.

No plug ins at all, its really odd? Thanks for you help though.

 

[Mike C]

Is that without any track/bus processing? What you describe sounds like polarity is flipped on one side of a stereo channel. There are a few ways you can achieve that, both with hardware/cabling and with software (e.g. a DAW plugin). Now find the culprit

Oh and sorry should have thanked you for your reply in my last post! I really appreciate your help.

 

[SwitchBack]

For one thing: check the Input Controls of the problem channel. That's where you can flip one side on stereo channels.

 

[Mike C]

For one thing: check the Input Controls of the problem channel. That's where you can flip one side on stereo channels.

Cheers mates will give it a go