From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Thu Jan 18 08:53:33 2001
Subject:Re: [Voce] Leslie simulation in Mono/Stereo.

Rick,

At 10:44 a 01/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Interesting. Aside from leslie simulators, has anyone noticed any
>improvement in overall sound using the stereo outputs instead of only the
>mono output on an XK-2? I'm using the mono output on an XK-2 (Leslie sim
>off) into a Motion Sound Pro 3T and thence to an amp (for lower rotor
>sim), so I'm wondering if I'm missing anything.

If you're not using the Leslie sim, the two outputs should be identical. I
know they are on my CX-3 and V3.

>Lastly, if the idea is to use stereo outputs into a mono input, is there
>any reason why a simple "Y" connector couldn't be used, instead of a
>mixer? Are you really mixing anything, or are you just combining signals
>without tweaking them independently? If the latter, it seems to me a "Y"
>connector would do the job much more simply and cheaply. Thoughts?

Sometimes a Y-connector works fine, but what you're basically doing is
asking each side to drive into a strange load. Sometimes, you get
"non-linear" side effects -- treble loss, bass loss, phase cancellation, etc.

Also, I'm not a big fan of a 50/50 mix of the two channels; I tend to use
80/20 or 70/30. Many "stereo" EFX get their sound by adding delay, phase
shift, etc. to one side, and sending the same info to the other side, but
180 degrees out of phase. If you combine the two sides in equal parts in
mono, you cancel out the entire effect. The chorus and flange on my Alesis
S4 works like that, and I'll be some of the Leslie sims do, too.

Regards,

-BW

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