During a recent remote support session, I helped a client answer a question about a problem recording his guitar in Cubase.
Why does my guitar only play back on my right-hand speaker when I record it in Cubase?
If you make a recording in Cubase and the audio region looks like the pic above, then you have recorded a mono instrument (such as a guitar) in a stereo audio track. To fix this problem, you need to change the Configuration setting to Mono when creating an audio track:
About the Author
I’m the owner and lead technician for Audio Support, a small company based in London, UK that connects remotely with clients worldwide to help them with their music technology issues. I’ve run Audio Support since 2005 and in that time I’ve seen and solved thousands of recording studio problems.
Outside of Audio Support, I run music workshops at a local school, play bass in a 90s tribute function band and perform modular synth jams with friends on Twitch.