Hi Guys,
I just got my second QC (went to analogue before 
) and putting it on a board but my band uses mono for the FOH and I use stereo at home. How do I quickly reconfigure my home stereo presets to mono for the band? Is it merely by selecting āoutput1ā instead of āmulti-outā in the preset? Or is there a better way? I dont want to be messing with cables.
Ta in advance,
Jim
Honestly, I think the easiest thing, especially if itās going on a board is to get a Radial Highline Stereo. Not only is it a line isolator but it has a sum to mono switch which means less preset tweaking in the Quad
There is a Global workaround you can configure:
I made a blank IR Cabinet capture available on my Cloud account. If you put it at the end of your presets it will sum to mono without affecting tone.
If you have it in all your presets, all you have to do to switch them to stereo is disable cabs from the global Cabinet Bypass option
what did you name the IR. couldnt find it. ty for sharing.
Didnt they ay they fixed this on the last fw release? Or maybe i was having a dream.
Hi, I have just found this post and I think it could help solve my issue of sending stereo to FOH with outputs 1&2, and sending to onstage frfr cab with just output 3 on a separate row.
Do you know if this summing to mono through blank cab would cause any phasing issues? Thanks
Summing to mono will most likely cause phase issues if you are using effects like- doubler, stereo chorus, stereo reverb. Thatās just how certain stereo effects work, even with other modelers. Unless youāre using pong pong delay I would suggest just using the left output of your single for a mono feed. Otherwise youāll most likely have strange phasing
How many presets do you use? Summing to mono can cause issues and Iād want my gig setup to be the best sounding I can. Might be easier to have gig presets in mono and home presets in stereo.
I havenāt noticed any phasing issues from stereo reverb when summing to mono usung Xushās magic āmonoizerā block. There will always be some phase artifacts from time based effects like chorus and flanging, even if you use mono versionsā¦thatās part of the effect. Of course, the doubler isnāt really usable in mono. Itās so easy to use, just give it a try and see if converting your preset to mono is acceptable. If not, set up a mono preset and compare the two.
the biggest difference Iāve ever noticed is ping-pong delays. Not had much trouble with anything else, but of course, you have to run your setup thru it to really be sure.
If your chain depends on a syncopated ping-ponging stereo delay for a particular feel, collapsing to mono will ruin that feel. Basically it feels like doubling the speed of the repeats. However, if you donāt collapse a ping-pong to mono and just use 1 output instead of the pair, you will only get one side of the repeats and your feel will be āhalved.ā Same goes for any stereo effect- you will lose one side of the effect if you switch to a single Output.
Best bet is, as recommended elsewhere, to create your presets for either mono or stereo from the start. The summing workaround is mostly intended for emergencies where thereās no time to edit/tweak.