Recording audio with Marshall AS50D

[musicmandan]

Hi there, I am new to acousticguitarforum so sorry for the silly question!

Just got myself a AS50D and I love it, I'm just not sure how to record my material with the amp. I do know that it involves using the line out input on the back but when I tried this by plugging my line in mp3 player in to it, when I went to listen to my recording it only came out through the left headphone? Is this something to do with stereo/mono as I did use a stereo Jack lead to make the recording, do I need to use a mono Jack?

Thanks!

[RRuskin]

Be more specific as to your recording and playback chain and maybe someone can help. Right now, your question makes little sense.

[musicmandan]

Basically I have an mp3 player which has line in recording capability...I'm a poor man! When I plug this into my line out jack on the back of my amp to make a recording the audio only comes out of the left speaker when I play it back.

[RRuskin]

Originally Posted by musicmandan

Basically I have an mp3 player which has line in recording capability...I'm a poor man! When I plug this into my line out jack on the back of my amp to make a recording the audio only comes out of the left speaker when I play it back.

Your Amp is a mono device and can't feed a left/right signal without some kind of splitting device after the line out jack. Have you read the manual?

[MikeBmusic]

Did you use a 1/8" mono plug to 1/8" mono plug cable, or a 1/8" stereo to 1/8" stereo cable?

Depending on which one, you'll need a mono-stereo adapter like THIS or THIS.

[musicmandan]

Yeah I've read the manual but it doesn't mention anything about recording.

Thanks MikeB, I used a stereo cable. I will purchase a 1/8" mono to mono cable and and a mono adapter and hopefilully that will work.