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I only hear my mic mainly on the left channel. How

I only hear my samson c01u usb mic mainly on the left channel. How can I balance the audio so its nice and leveled in both ears. ?

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I found the problem i also fixed the ******* problem in windows 7 theway to fix is that go to recording devices in the volume mixer (i mean in the taskbar the speaker icon right click it recording devices and it will show your mic if ya hav been pluged it) the after going to recording devices then double click the mic u are using then an windows will appear . go to enahcement tab untick "dc offset cancellation". thats it

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This is how it works. It's a mono microphone so in your recording software you have to select "mono left channel" as the input for a track.

Posted on Aug 03, 2014

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