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

[Stephen H. D. <se...@sh...>]

Thanks, much appreciate.

Yes, versions are old. However, my Linux Mint 17.3 repositories do not
offer new versions. Hopefully, one day.......

Thank You,
Stephen H. Dawson
(865) 804-3454
http://www.linkedin.com/in/shdcs


On 05/18/2016 01:48 PM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> 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