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billphreets
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panning problem

Post by billphreets » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:22 am

cant understand this one... my panning doesnt seem to work (!) when panning tracks hard right, they dont move to the right in the stereo field and i lose all my volume for that track! its like the panning control is a volume control with hard left being max volume and hard right being zero volume.....

DJMillsy
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Re: panning problem

Post by DJMillsy » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:26 am

Are both the left and right sides of the master output in Live receiving signal when the pan is in the centre?

If so it sounds like you have your sound card configured incorrectly, the signal is going out of Live in stereo but the right hand side of the stereo out in your sound card is turned down to zero.

If you can give me a little more info I will be able to help more.

billphreets
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Re: panning problem

Post by billphreets » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:34 am

i restored factory defaults on my soundcard(emu 1820) but that was to no avail... strange....
now ive realised that its only happening through my headphones!! talk about good news/bad news!! sennheissers hd270

Sepp Ultura
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Re: panning problem

Post by Sepp Ultura » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:24 am

It seems like your headphones are receiving a mono signal.

Good news: try to check the headphones-out on your interface and see if it's able to playback stereo. If so, it might be set to mono and you may be able to switch to stereo.

Bad news: your headphones might be broken. Try it with an other pair of headphones.
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billphreets
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Re: panning problem

Post by billphreets » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:38 pm

got a feeling they may be broken , they were always ok up till now..... dont have another pair to try at the moment..... damn

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