There is a standard in recording/mixing that every record should be able to be played mono (kitchen radio test so to say) without extreme phasing issues. Yes you are right, it CAN sound dull or sound strange because of phase issues. This device is 'better' than the computer solution as you are keeping everything analogue up until your sampling.

My link to the Alice Monopak was in reply to your thread title. But by no means are the mono copies (sold in the US I think) any worse in terms of dynamics and phase coherence.Īs Peter rightly points out, it depends on the source material. No bleed from the baroque take (which, incidentally, was recorded slow as he couldn't play at that tempo!). Get a stereo recording of that and isolate the right channel only. 'In my Life' by the Beatles, has a wonderful harpsichord solo by George Martin. The Beatles, for example, had their LPs in mono in some countries and stereo in others. It would be folly to limit the distribution to stereo playback only.Īnother thing to consider is early stereo recordings had unorthodox panning. Too many TVs, for example, are still in mono. Mix engineers worth their salt will make sure recordings translate in mono. There shouldn't be any phase issues if the record has been mixed properly. I tested it on a few recordings and it seems to be true. Zork wrote:Pete, i understand what you are saying, but i heard from some people that summing (mixing) two channels (stereo) into one mono channels makes a flat, dull sounding sample due to the phasing effects, so it's always better to sample just left or right channel. If you do it just with a turntable and a hardware mixer you'll need to cue back while mixing the sound (not comfotable). This can also be done with a hardwaremixer like thx said but its easier in a DAW cause you can set a loop around the sample and complete concentrate on the sound. Now you can play it and get the best sound by mixing these channels till you like it. The flexible way is to record the sample to a DAW on two mono tracks (each side has its own track. some records got the dry sound more on the left and a reverbish sound more on the right. I got some records were the Kick is different on both sides (left side more bassfrequencies, right side more kick(high) frequencies) so you can choose: 1both for a full sound or left for bass or right for just a kick. Some instruments sounds better on just 1 side others need a mix of both sides to sound full.

Sample martin mpc cues