Apogee Duet - problem connecting a synth

Hello, I recently bought a duet since it seemed perfect for my recording needs (I needed to record a stereo synth and a guitar simultaneously plus it is made exclusively for mac) yet after I installed and ran duet, when I plugged my synth (Roland xp-80)
into one of duet's inputs I could only hear one side of my headphone speakers. The roland XP 80 has a stereo output..I'm HOPING that duet's "instrument" inputs aren't mono, because if that is the case then I wasted my money...I read the specs before buying it and it said you could record both guitar and keyboard simultaneously. Now, I also must say I didn't test it like I would have wished cause my cables are old and faulty...but still everything points to my worst worries. So can anyone tell me if Duets' "instument" inputs are mono...if so is there a way I can record both instruments simultaneously..perhaps some adapter that can go into the xlr inputs? thanks a lot.

Powermac G5, Dual Processor 1.8 GHz Powerpc, 4GB mem, 250 GB HD, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Nov 18, 2008 9:18 PM

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Nov 19, 2008 3:42 PM in response to mr.boohoohoo

mr.boohoohoo wrote:
Yeah, I don't know maybe I'll sell it and buy an "ensemble"...it's not that I don't love the sound and the easy of use but I was really hoping to record both instruments at the same time. I was thinking maybe recording midi signal, and the guitar on the duet, that could work


Just pick up a USB MIDI interface and you'll be all set.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=usb+midi&sb=low2high

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