MBox & Pro tools Questions ...

[Scorpio253]

Question:1: When i get done recordin' .. and when i play my vocals back .. Why do i only hear my vocals come out of ONE speaker? ( The left speaker ) ... All the vocals come out of one speaker .. Why?

Question:2: When i record .. How come i cant hear the beat? Or my doubled vocals? .. How do i make everything STEREO instead of MONO?

Question:3: When i try to play something in Windows Media Player .. I get an Error that says "No playback device found" Or something like that ... Whats good with that? WMP isnt reading my MBox or something ...

Question:4: How do i make my vocals stereo??

Please give me feedback .. Thanks ..

[Scorpio253]

Can you please help me asap ...

[SimpleNatureSpirit]

Are you recording the vocals to a mono track?
Have you set the output of the mono track to out 1&2?
Have you set you mix knob correctly (monitor vs playback)
Is the left even working?
Have you loaded wavedriver to the MBox can act like a sound card?
Have you found the Wavedriver interface for WMPlayer?

PLease read the MBox basics to understand the I/O and bussing of your audio signal.
Please read the manual for how to use wavedriver.

K?

[Scorpio253]

Are you recording the vocals to a mono track? ------ No ..

Have you set the output of the mono track to out 1&2?---- How do i do that? Where ...

Have you set you mix knob correctly (monitor vs playback)-----I tried ...

Is the left even working?--- Yea the Right* is working ...

Have you loaded wavedriver to the MBox can act like a sound card?--- I went to the site and downloaded it .. and it works but its not really acting like a souncard cause WMPlayer isnt working.

Have you found the Wavedriver interface for WMPlayer?--- No.. Where can i find that? I need it

[spkguitar]

Are you recording the vocals to a mono track? ------ No ..

If you are recording to a stereo track and using a MONO source, such as a microphone, you are only recording one side of the stereo track (in your case, it appears to be the right side). Typically, unless you are recording with two microphones to create a stereo effect, you would record vocals to a MONO track, and pan accordingly at mixdown.

PLease read the MBox basics to understand the I/O and bussing of your audio signal.
Please read the manual for how to use wavedriver.

This is really good advice; they both should already be installed on your PC as PDF files, and are also Downloadable Here

I would also like to recommend a book such as Home Recording Basics to get you started.

[Scorpio253]

So you're telling me i should record on MONO instead of Stereo .. right??

[JMS40]

Typically, unless you are recording with two microphones to create a stereo effect, you would record vocals to a MONO track, and pan accordingly at mixdown.

Yup, looks what he said to me.

You're pulling our leg's, right?
Davec, is that you...?

[albee1952]

Yes, record vocals to mono tracks. Any instrument or voice that is a mono(single) sound should go on a mono track(vocals, bass, guitar, tambourine....). Stereo sounds such as many keyboards with L&R outputs would go to a stereo track. Say you have 4 vocal parts, each on mono tracks. You would likely pan the lead vocal to center and pan the background vocals off to either side. Give your vocal tracks "space and spread" by sending an aux send of them to a stereo aux track with a reverb plugin inserted. Think of stereo as a "sound field" where you place your mono tracks to simulate real players/singers spread out on a virtual stage. If the guitar player is stage left, pan the guitar track to that side. Play around with it and you will get the picture pretty quickly. Above all, have fun.

[Bastiaan]

"Getting started guide". Good reading. No kidding.

[Scorpio253]

Ok i think im getting it ... But one more thing .. How do you PAN to the CENTER? .. I only see Left and Right ..