shanecgriffo Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 just wondering if a mono looper collapses the sgnal to mono when looper is added at the end of the chain (when looper is not being used) i dont have my helix handy and a friend was asking me.. anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I'd assume that any block that's not being used has no effect on the signal, any other behavior would be very odd. But that is an assumption, not a fact; not w my Helix now either, and I don't use the looper hardly ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekpimp Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I believe that placing any mono block after a stereo stereo block will always result in a mono signal, regardless of the bypass setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 OK then, I stand corrected. First I've ever heard of bypassed gear affecting anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Igloo Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Downstream mono blocks (including the looper) should not affect stereo signals when bypassed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekpimp Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Downstream mono blocks (including the looper) should not affect stereo signals when bypassed. Thanks for setting me straight, DI. :) OK then, I stand corrected. First I've ever heard of bypassed gear affecting anything. And now I stand corrected. :D Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hideout Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Hang on now, there's a difference between 'not in use' and bypassed. Especially with a looper. You don't bypass a looper, you either pause the playback or record a new loop but the effects loop it's connected to stays active. So, if you've put it at the end of a stereo signal chain but the looper is mono, it should (as it would in the non-virtual world) sum the signal to mono. That is unless the Helix is only using one of the stereo signal's channels to go to the send and then back from the FX return and letting the other channel go through uninterrupted... but I don't think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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