Audition only recording in the left channel

[Michael34541672gg9m]

I just installed my Focusrite Scarlett Solo 2i2 and am trying to record just voice tracks, it is only recording the left channel.  I have looked in the forum at several different areas with similar questions and tried several different options, but nothing is changing the recording.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

If you are using a Mac, then have a look at this thread. If it isn't that, then come back with rather more details of exactly how your system is set up, and how you're trying to record.

[Michael34541672gg9m]

I am on a PC.  As I said above I am using a Focusrite, just a 2 channel with a mic in and a line in.  I am using only the mic/xlr input and just recording vocals with either a single track or multi track set up.  I've used Audition before and have in studio and so forth, but I have never set it up myslef before.  I am not singing, just radio ads, audio books and so forth.  I did attach photos of how the preferences are set currently.  

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

If you are recording in Multitrack view into a stereo session then that's pretty much what I would expect to happen - a single source (mic) recording onto one side of a stereo channel. What we really need to see is how you've set up the input on the track you are recording onto.

[Michael34541672gg9m]

I actually have set nothing up.  Focusrite set it all up on the install.  So I am not sure how it should be set up.

Once i open the multi track session in each track there is the default stereo input.  Then the master output.  Stereo input says default.  I am unsure as to where else I should look for more info.  

I really appreciate your help with this.  Thank You.

[Michael34541672gg9m]

Forgot to add this.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

Setting the input source:

In this screengrab I've shown the location of the input source settings - and this goes for any track you want to record onto; you have to select an option. These are the mono source options on this laptop - yours will be different, but the principle is the same. If you had a stereo input option available, then you'd chose one of the [01S] options, and this would record onto both channels. But microphones are inherently mono devices, so you'd record it as a mono source. So how do you get it onto both tracks, you are asking?

The trick here is to start a new mono track in your stereo session (Multitrack>Tracks>Add Mono Audio Track) and select your mono mic as its input source. What happens now is that instead of having a balance control on the track settings, it will have a Pan control:

Adjusting this will let you position your mono source anywhere you want it in the stereo field.

The whole point of this is that it's flexible, and you can vary it according to your individual needs. The good news ia that once you've got a track layout that suits your working conditions, you can save it as a template and load it for the start of a new session, which will be exactly as you want it.

[Michael34541672gg9m]

That seems to have fixed my issue!  Thank You!  How would you do it in a single track recording?

Now how do I save the template?

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

You create a new stereo 'default' session, and use the Multitrack menu to create a single mono track. Then from the same menu you can delete all the tracks you don't want to use. At this point, you need to export this as a template, which you can do from File>Export Session as a Template. Give it a sensible name, and this will turn up in the list of templates next time you want to start a new session. If you wanted to, you could save other things in the template as well, like the status of the Record light, and especially the input configuration that you've already set.

[stunami bama]

PReface. I woke up and opened Audition to record, same as every day for past 2 years. I'm on an AT2020 mic run thru a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 into a Mac.

I haven't changed anything, intentionally, at least, and my recording only plays out of the left side.

I tried a couple of things I found on YT videos and that didn't fix it, but now I can't record.

Help? 

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

Try following the instructions above. To keep this from getting very confusing, let's keep this in the other thread, and not this one...