Hi,

when you just use the Stereo out, it’s a mix of the sources so it’s a Stereo signal.

When you Enable the Multi-Out, the Effects chain Defaults to 1-2 (Stereo), the Bass DI to 3-4 (Mono) and the Sub Bass to 5-6 (Mono).

The configuration of the Toontrack Samplers are a fixed number of Stereo Outputs (which can be split into mono, depending on your host) but the Mono signals are simply panned in the center of the Stereo Output, if you pan hard left or hard right in e.g. EZdrummer 2, the signal disappears in the other channel. A Dual Mono configuration would mean that the exact same Mono signal would be duplicated to both channels.

BR,
John

Hi Shootie,

sorry for the delay.

The short answer to your question “Is the left and right channel identical?”(using Stereo Out only) is ‘No’.
But the slightly longer answer is ‘it depends’.

The even longer answer would be:
If you pick a ‘DI’ preset and split the outputs from the EZbass track, then phase invert one of them, they will almost cancel fully (you won’t hear much but it can be measured).
Depending on which “dry” preset you select, this will more or less happen on all of them but as soon as you pick a preset with an effect like chorus, amp/dist (some), room, delay, etc. you will hear both channels.

If you ask me if sending a true Mono signal panned in the middle of a Stereo Output path is the same as Dual Mono, I would say no but that may be related to me working a lot in the post/TV section of the industry in my corner of the world for the last 20 yrs or so and when I have delivered sound to picture, Dual Mono is 2 channels that may be identical (sometimes not, actually- same sound but e.g. different narrator language on the 2 Mono mixes) but each channel meeting the specs set for peaks and loudness.
E.g. a Mono signal panned center in a Stereo channel with a loudness at -22,5 LUFS will, if split, have 2 channels each at about -3dB’s lower loudness if each is measured separately. Routing both the split channels to a Stereo channel with no panning will result in an approximately +3dB louder than the original Mono panned in the center signal. Well, at least in a 3dB panning law environment but that’s a different story.

So, that’s why for me Dual Mono is something different than panning a Mono signal center across a Stereo Output.

It does feel a bit like splitting hairs, though😉

BR,
John