got new sound card

ok danm it this is crazy:mad:
the problem im having is that with the mic pluged into the mic jack
n-track would only pick-up one channel (right) and not left..

ggggrrrr:mad:

so i pluged the mic in to the versa jack analog "in" and wahla recording in stereo which is cool and all but,,,,dont you think i should be able to record in stereo via mic jack!??

i use the versa jack for my subs and side speaker

what jack do you use line in??

but,, then you not going thru a mic...

if only i hadnt just dump a little over $6000.00 in my car i would flip for a 24 bit sound card... :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
The only difference I know between a mic jack and line in jack on a soundcard is one comes with a mini pre-amp.

I don't use my mic jack. Only line-in. I don't know if mic jack usually let you record in stereo. Probably not.
 
I know that my mic jack only records in mono. I don't use it often but I have a mono adapter that plugs into that if I ever want to hook up a mic. Is the problem you are describing that you get audio out of your right speaker and not the left when recording a mono signal, or is the problem that you only get one side of a stereo signal?
When I use my mic jack the recorded sound will play back equally in both speakers because it's mono. I don't know why you would only get sound out of one speaker when recording a mono source with a mono input.

Here's my setup:
I have a Yamaha four track that I'm using as a mixer. It is plugged into the line in of the sound card. Everything I do goes through the four track first. It gives me an extra eq and preamp to boost or cut volume levels. I plug my mic into an impedance transformer to convert the signal to an acceptable level for the four track and that's it. I can also patch in my compressor inline to the track I'm using to help control the levels.

I don't use my mic input because the sound quality seems bad when I do.