Re: [Qtractor-devel] Mono, hoping for Stereo

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

On 05/18/2016 05:12 PM, Stephen H. Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> stephen@SONY ~ $ qtractor -v
> Qt: 4.8.6
> Qtractor: 0.5.11
> stephen@SONY ~ $ qjackctl -v
> Qt: 4.8.6
> QjackCtl: 0.3.10
> stephen@SONY ~ $
>
>
> I am reviewing what microphones I want to use with qtractor. I have a
> USB mic that is pretty good. It only connects in mono, per QJackCtl
> connect, audio tab. This makes sense, as it is a mono sound source. I
> have this USB mic going into a single track now. I hear the USB mic in
> only 1 headphone, understandably. I have the track balance set to 0.
>
> What I would like is to hear the USB mic in both headphones. What needs
> to happen to hear the USB mic in both headphones, please?
>

hi, creating a mono input bus dedicated for the purpose:

1. from menu View/Buses... click on Audio/Master, change its name to 
"Mic", mode to "Input" and number of channels to "1", then hit the 
"Create" button; you may close the dialog now.

2. double-click over the desired audio track, or from menu Track/Track 
Properties...; select the newly created "Mic" bus as this track's input 
source; hit "OK".

3. last but not least, from  View/Connections..., connect the audio 
system/capture_? readable client output port that corresponds to your 
USB mic into the Qtractor/Mic writable client input port.

that's it! now all recordings on this track will be recorded as mono (1 
channel); all monitoring and playback will split into all output 
channels the track is routed to its assigned output bus--assuming it's 
the default "Master", then it's 2 channels as for stereo.

one last note: although the above instructions may still apply, the 
software versions you're using are pretty old (almost 3 years old by 
now). please consider an update, sooner the better.

hth.
cheers
-- 
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela