[Audacity-users] Recording two tracks using stereo

[Simon Cox <demipomme@ho...>]

I'm trying to use audacity to record my band. My computer has one =
microphone socket. I am under the impression that this is a stereo =
socket but i don't know for certain. I want to simultaneously record two =
mono tracks using this one stereo socket. Is this possible?

I have tried it with by using a:

"Two 0.25in Stereo Sockets to One 0.25in Stereo Jack, Adaptor" - quoted =
from catalog

Plugging two guitar leads into the two sockets, then plugging the plug =
into my computer (converting to 3.5mm with a 0.25in to 3.5mm adaptor)

So far this hasn't worked. Maybe I should use a:

"Two 0.25in Mono Sockets to One 0.25in Stereo Jack, Adaptor" - quoted =
from catalog

This being two monos to one stereo. Might work? If anyone knows anything =
about this, thanks in advance for your help.

Simon

[Audacity-users] Recording two tracks using stereo

[Simon Cox <demipomme@ho...>]

I'm trying to use audacity to record my band. My computer has one =
microphone socket. I am under the impression that this is a stereo =
socket but i don't know for certain. I want to simultaneously record two =
mono tracks using this one stereo socket. Is this possible?

I have tried it with by using a:

"Two 0.25in Stereo Sockets to One 0.25in Stereo Jack, Adaptor" - quoted =
from catalog

Plugging two guitar leads into the two sockets, then plugging the plug =
into my computer (converting to 3.5mm with a 0.25in to 3.5mm adaptor)

So far this hasn't worked. Maybe I should use a:

"Two 0.25in Mono Sockets to One 0.25in Stereo Jack, Adaptor" - quoted =
from catalog

This being two monos to one stereo. Might work? If anyone knows anything =
about this, thanks in advance for your help.

Simon

Re: [Audacity-users] Recording two tracks using stereo

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@cs...>]

Simon Cox wrote:

> I'm trying to use audacity to record my band. My computer has one
> microphone socket. I am under the impression that this is a stereo
> socket but i don't know for certain. I want to simultaneously record
> two mono tracks using this one stereo socket. Is this possible?

Usually "microphone" inputs are mono, while "line in" is stereo.

> I have tried it with by using a:
>
> "Two 0.25in Stereo Sockets to One 0.25in Stereo Jack, Adaptor" -
> quoted from catalog

This should work if you have a stereo input.  If you got two identical
mixed tracks instead of the separated tracks you expected, it probably
means that your input jack is mono.

(If you only got a single mono track as input, make sure that Audacity
is set to record in stereo in the preferences.)

If you need to record more than one track at a time but you don't have
any stereo inputs, you can buy a cheap sound card or USB audio device
for about $30.