How do i record two tracks at the same time?

jayjay378 wrote on 11/23/2014, 6:59 PM

Ok so i have battled with a few recording programs and i have never had this problem with any of them, but i was told to try magix as it comes with a load of effects and editing software, well ive installed it and have installed my interface driver, which by the way i am using the scarlett 2i2 focusrite. Now my problem is, although obviously i am plugging both my mic and my guitar into the two inputs on my scarlett, i can only record one track at a time, i cannot seem to find the options to record the left channel on say track 1 and the right channel on track 2??? i am so baffeled, i do not want to record the two seperatly otherwise it would be completely pointless having an interface at all. Like i have mentioned i have used many other softwares including, cubase, cool edit pro, pro tools, logic etc and never once have i had this problem, i have also check that i am recording in mono and that the focusrite drivers are selected for audio input as asio, how can i resolve this issue? any help will be much appriciated thank you

Also i am using magix music maker 2014 premium in a windows 7 pc.

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browj2 wrote on 11/23/2014, 9:56 PM

Hi,

You have to record in stereo, not mono. If you plug in a mic to the left channel on the scarlett 2i2 focusrite and say a guitar to the right channel, then when you record, the mic will record to the left channel and the guitar to the right channel, but both will be on one track. Once done, you can separate the two channels into separate tracks. The command is Shift+Z, or right-click on the object, Additional options, Convert stereo into two mono objects.