Mono outs DAW?

[Brick Fist Pow]

Can someone please clarify this for me? I’ve seen other posts on this, but I’m still confused. I’m using the Roomy Premier Tape preset, and want to route the snare to my DAW in mono, and have it panned center.

There are 2 snare channels:

1. Snare Top is a mono channel and center panned.

2. Snare Bottom is on a stereo channel panned left/ right. Why is the snare top mono, and the snare bottom stereo?

They are both routed to the stereo snare subgroup panned left/right, and then to outs 5/6 panned left/right.

Should I center pan all the stereo channels, or keep them left/right? I’ve tried doing it both ways and each sound different to me. I also have an SSL channel strip vst, and have the option of using a mono or stereo plugin. Which one should I choose?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Erik]

Hey Brick Fist Pow,

Check this image from the Superior Drummer 3 product page.

The snare bottom channel is stereo, since we used two microphones recording it.

I think you shouldn’t be afraid to spoil yourself with regards to the sound: if you think it sounds cool center panning the mics, go ahead and keep it that way! All superior outputs are stereo – what you do with those channels in your DAW is entirely up to you.

You could also opt to only use one of the microphones (i.e. only using the left or right channel, in your case 5 or 6), or keep one of the mics hard panned and the other centered, and see how that sounds summed into mono.

You should choose what sounds best to your ears and sits best in your mix.

Good luck!

Erik Berglund — Toontrack

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