How to make tracks mono ?

[Patrick Andrew]

IS there a way to make everything mono?

Like output 1-2

And when loading audio vs instruments, only the audio gives a mono option?

 

I know I can use a the gainer plugin and set it to mono, but is there a way to set all channel strips to mono? Especially the instruments? (looking to conserve processing power and don't need stereo when playing live)

 

Thanks.

[Jon Kubis]

There's no way to do it that will conserve processing power.

 

Everything is processed in stereo. Dumping stereo effects will help.

 

Your best bet, like you said, is the gain plugin. I put a Mono/Stereo button on my layout just for that purpose--occasionally I'm running my rig mono, say at a church gig, and I like to have both channels summed.

 

JK

[B_Stone]

There's no way to do it that will conserve processing power.

 

Everything is processed in stereo. Dumping stereo effects will help.

 

Your best bet, like you said, is the gain plugin. I put a Mono/Stereo button on my layout just for that purpose--occasionally I'm running my rig mono, say at a church gig, and I like to have both channels summed.

 

JK

 

That's not entirely true. MS will try and keep a channel stereo if at some point a stereo plug-in was used. However, if you want, you can build a channel strip with no stereo plug-ins and it will become mono and it will use less CPU.

 

Try creating a channel, removing all plug-ins and starting from scratch. Not all plug-ins support mono, so you will need to limit yourself to using those which work in mono.

[gtnrgtout]

I put a DirMix on my final output, it seemed to do the trick.