Recording two mics with a UX2 (routing issues?)

[puddlesofun]

So I am trying to simultaneously record from the two mic inputs on my Line6 UX2. I have successfully done this in renoise before by panning them right and left and recording the 1/2 output and then splitting the resulting stereo sample into two mono tracks.

I tried to do the same on Reaper, but the left and right sides came out exactly the same (and I think only included the signal from one mic?).

I also tried using the podfarm 2 mixer to output one of the mics through the 1/2 channel and the other through the 3/4 channel, and record each of those on a different track in Reaper. Again, each of the tracks came out identical.

Am I missing something obvious here?

[Stella645]

Create two tracks
Set input of track 1 to mono UX2-Input 1
Set input of track 2 to mono UX2-Input 2

It's as simple as that.....no need to record stereo and split the file.

[puddlesofun]

Originally Posted by Stella645

Create two tracks
Set input of track 1 to mono UX2-Input 1
Set input of track 2 to mono UX2-Input 2

It's as simple as that.....no need to record stereo and split the file.

I have done that, (although not mono, as Reaper doesn't seem to allow that).

I have two mics going into my interface, each connecting to a different send from my UX2 interface. I can hear both of them in my monitors. I have the first mic set to channel 1-2, and the second mic set to channel 3-4. But when I send them each to a separate track in Reaper and hit record, the resulting recording is exactly the same for each track, as if I had been sending the same mic to both.

[domzy]

Originally Posted by puddlesofun

I have done that, (although not mono, as Reaper doesn't seem to allow that).

I have two mics going into my interface, each connecting to a different send from my UX2 interface. I can hear both of them in my monitors. I have the first mic set to channel 1-2, and the second mic set to channel 3-4. But when I send them each to a separate track in Reaper and hit record, the resulting recording is exactly the same for each track, as if I had been sending the same mic to both.

can you explain why you can't do as Stella suggests, what exactly is preventing you from selecting channel 1 for one track and channel 2 for the other?

[DarkStar]

Hello puddlesofun and welcome to these forums. You'll find many helpful people here and a lot of useful information. Make sure that you:

• get the excellent User Guide by Nicholas too: http://www.cockos.com/reaper/userguide.php,
• check out Kenny Gioia's great video series: http://www.reaper.fm/videos.php,
• and the Groove 3 video series: https://www.groove3.com/reaper-training-video-tutorials.

The easy one first: Reaper does support recording of a mono audio source. Select the single channel form the Input device menu:



This shows recording in stereo, in mono and the menu.

I do not know the UX, but you should be able to route mic 1 to channel 1 and mic2 to channel 2, then select them in Reaper as Stella645 said.

[puddlesofun]

Hi. The problem was that Reaper was recording the same input onto two tracks even though each track had different inputs selected.

Anyway I updated to the latest version and it works fine now. No idea what caused the original problem. Thanks for your help.