Problems recording into stereo

How do I record into stereo...For some reason whenever I have the input on ANALOG and MODE:STEREO you can only here it thru one ear...but when it put into mono Right or Left..you can here it thru both ears??? Confused

You have a signal goin' into the right and left inputs?

i have one plug in the right record and the other end of the plug in the keyboard...and it plays thru both ears...

It seems like you're monitoring in stereo, but recording in mono. If the keyboard doesn't have 2 outputs (a left and right output) then you need to split the signal from the 1 keyboard out into two outs. You need a certain converter for that depending on what kind of cables you're using.
If you have two outs on the keyboard than you need a cable to go from each of those outs to both left and right Record Ins on the MP. That should work.

hereo wrote:It seems like you're monitoring in stereo, but recording in mono. If the keyboard doesn't have 2 outputs (a left and right output) then you need to split the signal from the 1 keyboard out into two outs. You need a certain converter for that depending on what kind of cables you're using.
If you have two outs on the keyboard than you need a cable to go from each of those outs to both left and right Record Ins on the MP. That should work.

or just record it with input set to mono l or mono r.

Mr modnaR wrote:
or just record it with input set to mono l or mono r.

I got the feeling that he is doin' that but he wants stereo (use both inputs for recording) cause he said when he puts it in Mono L or Mono Right he can hear both but in stereo he can only hear 1 ear.

splitting a mono signal to the l and r inputs on the mpc doesn't make it stereo.

True. With the exception of that cheap trick tip I gave, if he has stereo outs I think that provides him with stereo recording. If not, you've got the right answer. Right?
Well regardless you've got the right answer being that if he did that then his problem would be solved.
But what's goin' on with his monitoring?

well if you have it set to stereo and have one input connected, you're only going to hear one side, and if you change it to mono l or r depending on which ever input you're connecting to, the mpc plays the mono signal out of both sides of the headphone output/main output. it's still mono though.

Mr modnaR wrote:well if you have it set to stereo and have one input connected, you're only going to hear one side, and if you change it to mono l or r depending on which ever input you're connecting to, the mpc plays the mono signal out of both sides of the headphone output/main output. it's still mono though.

yeah, it's like listening to some old beatles, led zeppelin, jimi hendrix records.
my brother built a fender telecaster a few months ago and he bought a new bass last friday. i brought the mpc over his house last friday, and we were gonna hook up both the tele and the bass to the inputs and experiement with it. but it got late by the time we got back from guitar center and i didn't wanna wake up my nephew. so the next time i head over there, it's back to experimenting with that. i really need to build a DIY fuzz pedal or buy an adrenalinn. it's gonna be alot of fun playing and recording some experimental/psychedelic rock/blues with this setup. [/end thread-jack]

Mr modnaR wrote:well if you have it set to stereo and have one input connected, you're only going to hear one side, and if you change it to mono l or r depending on which ever input you're connecting to, the mpc plays the mono signal out of both sides of the headphone output/main output. it's still mono though.

Yessir! I was hoping and aiming for him to have 2 outputs. But if just wants to hear out of both sides of his heaphones than he doesn't even need to record in stereo.
iRock, peep out what Modnar is saying. Keyboard to either left or right input, then switch monitoring to on and Mode to either R mono or L mono. And you should be all good.

okay thanks you guys uve been hella help...thanks hereo..
right now im only using a casio keyboard and there isnt record inputs there is just a 1/4 headphone jack...so i just use that too record...im guessing i need a better keyboard.

iRock wrote:1/4 headphone jack

Well that could be a stereo jack and if you have a stereo 1/4" plug (if it has 2 black bands around it it's stereo, one black band is a mono plug) then it would be possible to split that cable into two separate mono 1/4" plugs and plug it into stereo to your MPC

However, the stereo signal on such a keyboard could very well just be a mono signal but sent to stereo -- meaning that the same sound is going through both L and R channels for a kind of faux-stereo effect, but it's still mono because it's the exact same signal over both channels.

If that is the case, then there's really no point in recording that Casio keyboard in stereo, because it would just needlessly double the polyphony of the sample. In this case it would be better to record in Mono, which still allows you to have sound coming from both the L and R channels, but it is the same sound duplicated. But since it's mono it will only use up one voice and will also be half the file-size of a stereo sample

thedvs01 wrote:

iRock wrote:1/4 headphone jack

Well that could be a stereo jack and if you have a stereo 1/4" plug (if it has 2 black bands around it it's stereo, one black band is a mono plug) then it would be possible to split that cable into two separate mono 1/4" plugs and plug it into stereo to your MPC

However, the stereo signal on such a keyboard could very well just be a mono signal but sent to stereo -- meaning that the same sound is going through both L and R channels for a kind of faux-stereo effect, but it's still mono because it's the exact same signal over both channels.

If that is the case, then there's really no point in recording that Casio keyboard in stereo, because it would just needlessly double the polyphony of the sample. In this case it would be better to record in Mono, which still allows you to have sound coming from both the L and R channels, but it is the same sound duplicated. But since it's mono it will only use up one voice and will also be half the file-size of a stereo sample

thank you. you couldnt say any better.