888000000 Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 After testing the summing in the JDI I cannot really hear any difference from summing in a mixer, as I suspected. Summing outside of the Nord Stage sounds different though from what the Stage's mono button do to the sound. It is a bit more mellow where the Stage mono function is clearer/brighter. Hans http://setribute.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 The purpose of the summing inputs in the JDI is to allow you to use two instruments, rather than as a way to sum stereo to mono. To do the latter, just use the "mono" output on the keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
888000000 Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yes, I understand, but it is also a convenient way of summing a stereo output from a small mixer into a mono feed to the main mixer and keep your personal monitor in stereo if you like. http://setribute.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yes, I understand, but it is also a convenient way of summing a stereo output from a small mixer into a mono feed to the main mixer and keep your personal monitor in stereo if you like. Uh-oh, here we go again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
888000000 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 No, I think the mono versus stereo theme is a bit emptied of energy, for the moment... I ran the JDI duplex in stereo to the foh. But if needed I could have used it in mono and freed up the other half of it for other things. And it would have sounded good that way too. http://setribute.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I did some recordings last night using the JDI Duplex to mono-sum, and feel that it is better to use the mono-sum of the Hammond XK-3c, as one case study (that's the only thing I recorded last night), as the sound seemed a bit thinner via the JDI summing. In particular, the Leslie and other on-board effects seemed less present when summing via the JDI. But it could also be a case of "each time is different" (partially due to the on-board tubes on the XK-3c), and thus being even a bit of a placebo effect. Nevertheless, I think I have concluded that unless a keyboard has a known problem with mono-summing, it is best to use the keyboard's Mono Out. As mentioned in another thread, some keyboards, such as those from DSI, require some additional setup work to make sure the effects chain is also outputting a proper mono signal when just connecting to one of the two main outputs. Easy to solve though. Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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