Jul 27, 2003 01:06 pm Are you using a stereo 1/8" mini-plug to 1/4" adapter?
where's the stereo?
Posted on Jul 27, 2003 12:39 pm
FunkDadyP
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I've been trying to figure out why i don't hear stereo sound when i am playing back my own music and also when i'm listening to other musician's albums through headphones. i have my computer running through a delta 44 using inputs one and two. Those two inputs are then connected into my mixer through two channels. I then try to listen to it through the phones 1/4" with help from a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter. All i hear is a mono mix through the left hearphone. everything i have is panned to the middle usually, but even when i start toggling the pan knob it still only comes through the left phone. i have noticed that when i listen through my PA it comes out stereo. Any suggestions on how to get stereo through the headphones?
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Jul 27, 2003 01:06 pm Are you using a stereo 1/8" mini-plug to 1/4" adapter?
Jul 27, 2003 01:46 pm look at the adapter and make sure the 1/4 adapter has two bands on the metal part (like the HRC pro logo). that means it's a stereo plug.
Jul 27, 2003 03:29 pm Quote:
Those two inputs are then connected into my mixer through two channels
if you're inputting the these into mono channels on your mixer, you must pan each one left and right respectively.
If that doesn't do it, check the pan settings in the Delta control panel. But from what you're saying, i bet they're right about that 1/8" to 1/4" adapter... that would certainly make it only come out the left side. What you want to do is possible, so don't give up until you figure it out -j
Jul 27, 2003 06:06 pm Quote:
I have noticed that when i listen through my PA it comes out stereo
Nah Jamie, the above means that it's not the board causing the problem - but I agree with you and everyone else here when I say it's almost certainly the 1/8" Jack converter - or you've got a duff pair of headphone :)
jues.
Jul 27, 2003 09:48 pm i'll check out that adaptor. you guys are probably right because i bought it in a 5 pack set of adaptors at Wal-Mart for $5. Here's another thing that isn't bad but just kind of strange. when i go from my PC to delta 44 then to my mixer, i don't get a full sound if i push the 1/4" totally into the jack. I have to pull the plug out just before it feels like it is connected all the way to get the proper volume. Is this bad?
Jul 27, 2003 09:59 pm What kind of cables are you using? Balanced, unbalanced?
Jul 27, 2003 10:04 pm FUnkDadyP, man that's definitely your 1/4" to 1/8" adapter if is got such a bad connection you have to pull it out a little. I bought some cheap 1/4" to RCA adapters for like $0.80 a piece and had the same problem with those.
Jul 28, 2003 05:41 am Mr FunKDadyP - don't scrimp on cables :P
jues.
Jul 28, 2003 04:44 pm yeah, back before i knew about stereo plugs, i always found that if i pulled my mono plugs out a little bit, i would get a sound that would appear in both headphones somehow. there was a certain very delicate spot--oh so tenuous--where this would happen. has anyone else had this experience with mono plugs? because i cannot explain it.
Jul 28, 2003 05:35 pm Single jack stereo plug are ring/tip/sleeve meaning it has three contact point, the end two being signal and sleeve being ground.
There is a sweet spot where you can have the left and right contact points touching the single, signal point on a mono jack, it won't be in stereo, but you will get signal in both sides.
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