Your mono tracks might render as stereo if you start adding effects like
a stereo reverb or the like. The "dry" source would start as a mono
track though. Hope it works out for you. Another trick some folks use is
a "click" track which is used to keep the beat between the different
tracks. So you could, for example, record a guitar first with the click
track keeping you on tempo. Then when you go back to add vocals or other
parts you keep the same click track so it all meshes together well.
Other folks like to lay down some drums first to do the same things. Of
course if you record both your vocals and are guitar live at the same
time they should be together :)
CB
On 1/28/16 10:24 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
OK, makes sense. Thanks, Chris. Like I said I'm new to this. I figured that
if I mixed two mono tracks, I'd just end up with a mixed mono track. Clearly
I'll have to spend more time exploring this over the weekend. thanks for
pointing me in the right direction.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:50 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I have used a stereo track when recording a piano with two mics. Just seems to sound
better that way. Of course which mics to use and where to place them is a black art left
as fodder for many an audio nerd war. Even if you were doing a vocal and acoustic guitar
recording it wouldn't be stereo, it would be two mono tracks, one for guitar and one for
vocals, even though you might be using a "stereo" audio interface. Short of
large instruments and groups I've put most things on mono tracks for each source so you
can then tweak them individually.
CB
On 1/28/16 9:28 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote:
Hello.
So we have two types of tracks. A mono track and a stereo track.
What distinguishes a mono from a stereo track is how many channels is using.
When stereo you use 2 channels. So if you have an audio interface connected you
will be using channels 1 and 2 to record in stereo.
On the other hand, if you are recording in mono, using a mic for example, you
will only be using 1 channel for this. So even if you are recording music with
your mic it will be mono because you are only using one channel.
Nektarios.
On 28 Jan 2016, at 16:17, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
I understand about mixing the two tracks together. But how do you figure that
the vocals will be mono, and the instruments stereo, when they're both being
recorded with the same mic?
Donna
On Jan 28, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Nektarios Mallas <nmal...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok understand that.
However as I said, the microphone is a mono source.
So you have your voice on one mono track, your music on another stereo track
etc. Then you want to mix those tracks together for the end result.
Nektarios.
On 28 Jan 2016, at 16:10, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
Hi Nektarios,
the recording I did last night was spoken, because I was just trying to get set
up and figure out how everything works. But my goal is to record music, myself
on vocals and various instrumental tracks.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jan 28, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Nektarios Mallas <nmal...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Donna.
Since you are recording a mic source, you need to set this to mono.
You set this to stereo only if you are recording music or other stereo source
such as piano or other type of music.
Nektarios.
On 28 Jan 2016, at 15:18, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
Hi Chris,
That does sound like it's probably what is happening. In your experience, what
does one do to fix this?
thanks,
Donna
On Jan 27, 2016, at 10:58 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I've never used Amadeus but it sounds like you might be recording a mono source
(the mic) onto a stereo track, making the mic just the right track and silence
on the left.
CB
On 1/27/16 9:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi all,
OK, so I've finally gotten the mic and interface to work. I have a couple of
questions:
1. At this point, my recordings are only coming out of the right channel. How
do I fix this so they record in stereo? In Prefs, it is already set to Stereo.
2. Do I have to go into System Prefs, change the Input and output settings
every time I want to record, and then go back in and change them back when I'm
done? It seems like there should be an easier way to default to the MBA's
internal speakers.
Cheers,
Donna
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