deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> writes: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Now I was wondering about the stereo o non-stereo character of such a home >> made recording... I tried to use two microphones together, plugging them >> together into the PC with a small common connection doubber. Can we say >> the result is stereo...? I would doubt... and how to have - if possible >> - a stereo effect with the above basic recording instruments? > > [...] > > The mic is mono, so the input if I am not wrong is mono as well. > > [...] > > The mic has also different Ohms or perhaps better to say impedance, so I am > not sure if it would work, but you could try plugging those mics to the > line in, not the mic. > > So line in, is the stereo one. I think if you plugin mic(s) without preamp, > because of the high Ohms, it would be very silent, but still worth a try. > > You need a stereo jack to L-R like this one > https://www.thomann.de/at/pro_snake_78219_yadapterkabel.htm > > This way you'll also know if it is true stereo, because if you unplug the > one mic, it would record only on the other channel. Of course you can see > this in audacity or even with arecord
With my two microphones, say mic1 and mic2, I did a little experiment: I recorded my voice with mic1, using sox, then listened to the so created .wav file and the sound was heard only on the left channel. Instead, doing the same with mic2, the sound was heard on both channels. How should we conclude? It seems to me that we should conclude that: 1) the mic input on my PC is stereo. In fact, it is a laptop, nay a netbook, doesn't have a line in and it is reasonable that its mic input is also a line in; 2) mic1 is mono; 3) mic2 is stereo. Do you agree? But then, if it is so, my rough home made live piano record, done using mic1 and mic2 plugged together in a one-male--two-female splitter, *is* actually stereo...? Thanks, Rodolfo
