Stereo Head On Mars

[John_Copley]

Hello, so basically I love the sound of stereo, I just think it sounds bigger, with greater detail and separation. I can't be taking two amps to gigs so Ive bought a Roland JC40. If I tell you what setup I want, if you could maybe explain how this all works that would help me greatly. 

 

So basically I'll go into both inputs on the Roland. Now I understand if I just use one path, stereo effects will be stereo etc and that's great. Now if I want to get more granular I'll need to understand path A and B, the Y split settings and the mixer settings.

 

I want to run wet dry for some songs, so I get run path A as dry in stereo but how do I get path B just coming out of the right speaker? do I do it at the Y Split or the mixer? what happens if I use a stereo effect on that path? or is it just mono? 

 

NOW my major confusion is I like my ping pong delay ping ponging between both speakers, now would I would that path A? how would that effect running path B in mono? is there any other way to do this? 

 

I can make it sound nice, just want to understand it more and give myself options of just having the gain in one speaker or just the wet effects. Any tips or help me understand when to use mono or stereo blocks and how this effects what goes to my amps speakers would be ace! 

 

THANk-YOU

[Schmalle]

 

On 10/19/2025 at 8:53 PM, John_Copley said:

Hello, so basically I love the sound of stereo, I just think it sounds bigger, with greater detail and separation. I can't be taking two amps to gigs so Ive bought a Roland JC40. If I tell you what setup I want, if you could maybe explain how this all works that would help me greatly. 

 

So basically I'll go into both inputs on the Roland. Now I understand if I just use one path, stereo effects will be stereo etc and that's great. Now if I want to get more granular I'll need to understand path A and B, the Y split settings and the mixer settings.

 

I want to run wet dry for some songs, so I get run path A as dry in stereo but how do I get path B just coming out of the right speaker? do I do it at the Y Split or the mixer? what happens if I use a stereo effect on that path? or is it just mono? 

 

NOW my major confusion is I like my ping pong delay ping ponging between both speakers, now would I would that path A? how would that effect running path B in mono? is there any other way to do this? 

 

I can make it sound nice, just want to understand it more and give myself options of just having the gain in one speaker or just the wet effects. Any tips or help me understand when to use mono or stereo blocks and how this effects what goes to my amps speakers would be ace! 

 

THANk-YOU

Think of paths as stereo cables. They can carry stereo signals (different signals on L and R) or dual mono signals (same signal on L and R). Stereo blocks are stereo in and stereo out. Mono blocks mix both input channels, process it and provide a dual mono signal on their output. Legacy blocks vary in behavior and can be mono or stereo or mono in / stereo out.

 

The mixer block is where you decide how the path signals are mixed and paned (how loud and where in the stereo panorama the signals are put). E.g. if you want Path A on the left side and Path B on both equally you set A Pan to 100% left and B Pan to Center.