Stereo effects before split into dual amps, Is it still stereo?

[Barbarisch]

If you put a stereo reverb or delay on path 1A and into a split path on 2A into dual amps on path, do you still have stereo.

[silverhead]

I haven’t tried this but in theory I think the answer is No. Each amp is a mono block and I expect it will sum a stereo input to mono before processing the signal through the amp.

[rd2rk]

Every path is stereo. When you split a stereo path you get two parallel stereo paths.

If you put an amp in each path you get two parallel mono paths.

[Schmalle]

On 6/7/2024 at 5:29 PM, rd2rk said:

Every path is stereo <-> [...] you get two parallel mono paths.

That is a contradiction.

Paths are always stereo; blocks can be mono or stereo.

[rd2rk]

On 6/7/2024 at 9:44 AM, Schmalle said:

That is a contradiction.

Paths are always stereo; blocks can be mono or stereo.

 

On 6/7/2024 at 9:29 AM, rd2rk said:

Every path is stereo. When you split a stereo path you get two parallel stereo paths.

If you put an amp in each path you get two parallel mono paths.

 

Amps are mono blocks. Put an amp in a stereo path you get a mono path.

Stereo block before dual mono paths = stereo at the merge/mix block.

BUT... to keep the stereo effect the panning has to be consistent.

 

 

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[Schmalle]

You can visualize the path lines as stereo cables. A path is still stereo when both stereo channels carry the same signal (like e.g. after an amp). In that case the path is stereo but the signal is effectively mono.