Tried to quick reply in Newc's post, couldn't do it so here it is...I'm running a Digitech Rp100A into Soundblaster Live then out M-Audio StudioPro3 monitors using Sonar5. Now, why can I only record on the left channel? Also, I can only hear my guitar throught the left monitor...what am I missing here?
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Hey, sorry to put it in this thread, but I thought this also applied as a noob question. I'm thinking of getting a SHure SM57 and recording to the computer. I was wondering how you're suppossed to connect the mic into the computer, like what cables and stuff?
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PReferably an XLR To XLR Cable into a decent interface/soundcard. Edirol UA 25 is fantastic value for money and acts as a far better soundcard than a creative card can ever hope to dream of being able to be!
And to answer your question, Are you using your LEFT input and recording onto a stereo track? If so, don't Guitar is a mono instrument and should never (read, hardly never), be recorded onto a stereo track as there is no need.
Try creating a mono audio track in sonar then recording. It will record even a hardpanned left signal into a fully balanced mono one.
To go into more detail about the shure.
You can get XLR to 1/4 inch cables, but you would need a hi-Z booster plug to give it the kinda balls you would expect from a guitar recording.
My advice:
ditch the soundblaster altogether, buy a cheap 2 chanel USB audio interface (WITH PREAMPS) such as the Edriol UA25 and live happily ever after.
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