Audio output unbalanced

BigMrC · Post by **BigMrC** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:26 am

If I connect my M50 to my pc Dell speakers via Line In the left is much lounder than the right. If I connect an mp3 player to my Dell speakers via Line In the left/right is balanced. I've tried the Mono L/R and the separate L/R from the M50 - same result.
Can anybody advise why the M50 seems to output way more left than right, I can 't see the setting if there is one.
Thanks

mocando · Post by **mocando** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:58 am

We'll have to wait for the Korg people to reply on this one, but I'll make a wild guess that most samples are mono, so they come out of the L/MONO output. Stereo patches would be balanced.

That is a bit odd, because I thing they should be balanced all the same, no matter if the sample is mono or stereo.

Lets just wait for an educated answer

BigMrC · Post by **BigMrC** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:03 am

Yeah it's odd, I have a soundblaster x-fi soundcard - if I set the input to microphone the M50 is balanced - but distorted. If I set the input to LineIn the input is 90% left with no distortion.

akmon · Post by **akmon** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:45 am

I´ve conected my Korg to Fujitsu-Siemens laptop via line-in. I plug my headphones in the laptop, and it sounds balanced, distorted but balanced.

I´ve used this simple conection just to record to .wav or .mp3 the songs on my sequencer. Then using Audacity freeware I perfom some effects on the record. But I´ve never noticed unbalanced sounds.

Strange.

I supose you can hear the sounds well on your near field monitors, no?

kanthos · Post by **kanthos** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:52 pm

I'm sure it's a mono/stereo thing. Which output are you using? The headphone output would probably be what you want if you're inputting into a Soundblaster like that (though ideally you'd have a proper audio interface with at least two inputs, so you can record in proper stereo).