Cesar Lopez Choto Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Hey guys, I'm hoping someone can help me here. Just bought myself a Steinberg UR22 Mkii interface and I'm having an issue with Cakewalk only showing 1 channel available, which doesn't even let me record in stereo. Its meant to be a 2x2 USB channel interface. So far its only allowing me to record one channel in mono. Both inputs work BUT only in mono. It plays back in stereo so as far as I can tell its working fine. I'm assuming it has something to do with cakewalk not recognising the channel as stereo?? It gives me the options to choose left, right and stereo but again, only recording the left channel regardless. All new drivers installed and had a firmware update also. I'm running windows 7 (will upgrade to 10 this weekend most likely) Has anybody encountered this before? Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 AFAIK most interfaces show up as stereo pairs using the odd numbered channel in the name so an interface with two inputs would have something like Left Steinberg UR22 Mic/Inst 1 - this is channel one of the interface Right Steinberg UR22 Mic/Inst 1 - this is channel two of the interface Stereo Steinberg UR22 Mic/Inst 1 - this is both channels of the interface In addition to selecting the input(s) make sure the track interleave is set as needed. Depending on the theme the interleave may not appear the same as the image in documentation. The interleave button is just above the "E" in this image It is in the track strips of the Track and Console views too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Lopez Choto Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Thanks for the response. You are 100% correct with the naming of the channels. My issue is that for some reason when I do select the stereo channel, I only get sound through the left. I definitely have interleave on stereo I thought of that too. The other concern I have is that if I have something else plugged into the second input, I don't see the option on Cakewalk to choose the second input channel. Tonight I'll be trying it on a different daw to see how it shows up there and report back. Thanks mate! Edited July 18, 2019 by Cesar Lopez Choto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar Lopez Choto Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Guys, worked it out, my bad. This is what happens when you stay up 16 hours with not enough sleep in between haha. The unit works fine. It records stereo when both channels have an input going. Otherwise it's mono for each channel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Bone Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I always record a left and right mono, when recording things like synths, because I like to add slightly different effects settings between the two channels, usually delay, as it fills out the sound nicely. But yes - you have it correctly worked out now - one of my interfaces is the same as yours, and it indeed works that way, as do most audio interfaces with a left and right input. (actually every single one I have ever encountered). It is a good interface, quietly doing its thing. You will like it. Bob Bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard B Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 5 years later but I'm hoping the OP or someone else might be able to help. I had very similar issue with the Steinberg. Same interface as the OP (Steinberg UR22 mkII). The problem I'm having is I actually can't monitor my gear in stereo. I can only hear mono while recording. The tracks play back in stereo as I'm recording to two tracks panned left and right but I can't hear the stereo until after I've recorded the track. In Cakewalks preferences the only choice under devices is "Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO UR22mkII Input 1" for input and "Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO UR22mk II Output 1/L" for output. I would have expected an Output 1/R but there is not. My older interfaces always had both. I'd really like to be able to monitor my synths in stereo. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio Gabriel Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 While you are recording you can set the MIX pot in the UR22mk II. Conterclockwise let you the hear audio from the sources connected to input 1 and 2, and it should be stereo (input 1 left and input 2 right). Clockwise let you to monitor the output of the DAW. You can decide how much of "mix" you need while recording. Otherwise you can set the "mix" at maximum (clockwise) and activate the "Input Echo" in the DAW (this will cause a little latency). Regards, Giorgio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard B Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 AThanks Giorgio When monitoring the Steinberg by having the mix knob all the way left it monitors input 1 & 2 as individual mono inputs so they're both centered since there's no panning on the UR22 mkII I found another post on the Steinberg forum page regarding the same issue and they also suggested monitoring through the daw to hear 1 & 2 as live stereo but to expect a bit of latency. I just bought an A&H zed-24 console to run all my synths, samplers and drum modules through so I think I'm going to try monitoring the Steinberg back through the board instead of directly from the interface. For years I just used a two channel interface to monitor my audio source and playback from my DAW but now that I have the board I guess it makes more sense to monitor my audio and playback from the interface all on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio Gabriel Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Haha, you are right and I found a video of a guy that modified the UR22Mk2 to fix that problem (interesting...): Anyway you find a better solution to the problem using a mixer. I have a mixer too and I use the ur22mk2 rarely, it's my second choiche... Regards, Giorgio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard B Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) On 6/1/2024 at 11:40 PM, Giorgio Gabriel said: Haha, you are right and I found a video of a guy that modified the UR22Mk2 to fix that problem (interesting...): Anyway you find a better solution to the problem using a mixer. I have a mixer too and I use the ur22mk2 rarely, it's my second choiche... Regards, Giorgio That looks like a lot of work 😅 I think he could have run both the Yamaha & Steinberg together by setting them up as one aggregate device. I haven't tried this myself yet but I've glanced over some posts explaining how it's done. I also recently bought a used Tascam US-1800 16 track interface to use with my notebook for recording live bed tracks outside my studio. I might try setting both the Tascam & Steinberg together on my main system just to see if I can do it Edited June 4 by Howard B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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