I would like to use some of the nice stereo presets direct to FOH. Some venues don’t like stereo inputs and insist on mono. I’ve read/heard all the pros and cons.
Do these with the dual input/output blocks work in mono (L) okay? or should they be modded slightly?
The manual doesn’t go into the stereo/mono details much.
Thanks!
Wondering about this as well… Picking this tread back up. Seems a bit silly that nearly every single preset is in stereo, especially if I’m wanting to record double-tracked guitars into Logic. What are the ramifications of summing a stereo preset with a mono block? If the stereo effects are taken out?
I could be wrong but I believe if you place a mono effect at the end of your signal chain it will collapse the signal to mono. i.e. change a stereo reverb or delay to mono.
I believe that @bluzdog 's post above is correct, but I don’t know for certain. Putting a mono block at the end of the signal chain in other modelers colapses to mono as he said.
I actually have 2 physical adapters, 1 dual XLR to a single XLR, and one the same but with TRS instead of XLR. I normally use the XLR one with my FM9 when feeding a mono FOH live so I don’t have to bother with modifying any presets.
This isn’t the exact one I have but a similar adapter from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-Female-Splitter-Balanced-Microphone/dp/B01JY2C9IA/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=13WZW88ZL3T5F&keywords=dual+XLR+to+single+XLR&qid=1698757584&sprefix=dual+xlr+to+single+xlr%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
See this recent thread if you haven’t already. Good information in there.
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There are mono versions of several effects including Spring reverb, delay and Chorus.
Thank you for this. You’ve used these adaptors with the QC and had success getting a mono signal from a stereo output?
I have. It does work fine. There can be some issues with combining both sides into one signsl depending on modulation effects or stereo delays but for the most part I haven’t had any issues with it.
The adapter is cheap enough and you don’t necessarily have to modify your presets.