View Full Version : how can I get ch. 1 audio to go to left headphone, ch. 2 to right?


Malcolm Hamilton
February 5th, 2010, 09:39 AM
Hi there,
Is there some setting I can change so that, when I'm wearing headphones, I hear audio from channel 1 in my left ear, and audio from channel 2 in my right?
Thanks,
Malcolm

Colin McDonald
February 5th, 2010, 10:43 AM
Hi there,
Is there some setting I can change so that, when I'm wearing headphones, I hear audio from channel 1 in my left ear, and audio from channel 2 in my right?
Thanks,
Malcolm

You mean apart from wearing the headphones the other way round?
(Sorry - someone was going to say it sooner or later, I just got there first).

More usefully: do you mean when you are monitoring audio from the camera when recording?
I suspect you might need a specially wired adaptor cable for that.

Malcolm Hamilton
February 5th, 2010, 10:47 AM
Hi Colin,
You know it had occurred to me to wear the headphones the other way around, but having the cord dangling on the right side just wouldn't work for me — I'm a creature of habit, I guess.
And yes, I do mean when I'm recording in the field, and monitoring the audio.
I mean, what difference does it make, right? But for me, there's just something more intuitive about channel 1 going to my left ear and channel 2 to the right. Don't know what that means about the wiring in my brain... maybe that's what needs to be recalibrated.
Cheers, Malcolm