Hello,
I can't seem to find an answer by googling, so if someone with better knowledge could please clarify this for me I'd appreciate it.
Here's my situation:
I'm in a band with 2 guitarists (myself included). At practice, we either run live through a recorder/mixer (an old Roland VS-2480CD) to external L/R speakers, or headphones.
I personally have a 1 channel mono signal (Marshall Amp > Torpedo Captor > console). Hard panned left.
The other guitarist uses a Helix LT, (Stereo L/R 1/4 Jacks > to 2 separate channels in the mixer). Both channels are hard panned right.
My question would be:
Since he is panning both L/R stereo signals to one side... is that effectively the exact same thing as if he were to use only the mono L to one channel? Or no?
Is there a benefit if he used only the left mono in this situation?
Does shoving his L/R stereo signal out of one speaker/side hurt his sound? As in maybe some sort of frequency cancellation, or other technical knowledge I don't know about?
I ask because my mono signal from My Marshall/Load Box cuts through the mix much more than his Helix LT does.
Any advice that I could pass on to my band members would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Joe
