HELP! My monitors are panning to the right, Newbie Needs Help with Monitor Panning Options

[kelitupu]

Okay, here's the situation...my parents went away for a week's vacation, and I got the keys to the brand new Porsche....oops, sorry, that's a song by the Fresh Prince.

Anyhow, I'm a Logic Platinum user, and ALL my MIDI tracks are coming out on my monitors panned to the right. I've got the panning in Logic set to the default right down the middle (at 64 in the parameter box to the left), so I don't think it's a software problem. I know the cables are working fine, because my audio (coming out of a Delta 44) are working right (the panning is right down the middle), and the cables I'm running from my mixer's main outs to the monitors are brand new.

Here's the weird thing: When I swap the monitor outs on the mixer, the MIDI tracks start coming out of my left monitor, but the equalizer on my mixer still shows the signal being played on the right side.

So, to recap:

1) I know the cables are fine.

2) I know the monitors are fine.

3) When I swap the monitor outs on the mixer, the sound is then panned mostly to the left monitor (instead of the right monitor), but the signal on my equalizer shows the signal is still strongest on the right side (in other words, the mixer is playing it loudest on the left side, but still registers the right channel as being the loudest.)

On my mixer, I'm pressing the PFL/Solo button when playing back.

I'm definitely still a newbie to this home studio setup thing, so any comments and input are desperately sought.

Thanks in advance for your help people.

Gary
kelitupu@yahoo.com

[kelitupu]

hey max,

you were absolutely right -- it was a hardware issue, I experimented with different channels and deduced that one of my channels for some reason is broken, so one side was coming out stronger than the other. I would love it if you could let me know the optimal way to go in and out of my mixer. Below are the specs of my setup:

Behringer MX1604A Ultra Low Noise 12 Channel, 4 Bus Mic/Line Mixer

I am operating a 466MGHZ G4 with a 4-in/4-out Delta 44 mixer, one JV1010 Sound Module, and I use Logic Platinum as my sequencer. I have the EXS24 Softwaresampler

I have 2 balanced audio cables going out of the main outs on the back of the mixer to my monitors

I'm going OUT of 1 and 2 of my Delta card into Channels 3 & 3 of mixer respectively

OUT of 3 & 4 of Delta Card into Channels 10 & 11 respectively

OUT of Mixer Aux sends 1 & 2 into Delta card Ins 1 & 2 respectively

I only have 2 Aux sends, so I don't know how to use the other 2 INs of my delta card -- right now, I just have cables coming from channels 1 & 2 of mixer into delta ins 3 & 4 respectively -- I know that doesn't make sense to go from line in to card in

my roland module is connected to the computer via USB, and audio cables going to the mixer channels 5 & 6

my mic is plugged into line in #2

I'm trying to figure out how to record vocals, while being able to monitor using the line #2 channel fader for input monitoring, while using the channels 3 & 4 for output monitoring -- does that make sense to you?

Again, I know this is probably a pain in the ass for a pro like you, but I would appreciate any help you can offer a singer/songwriter who just wants to press record

thanks a million again for replying in the first place

Gary