Mono or stero vsl-patches?

[Felix Bartelt]

I guess this question belongs more to the mixing- than the exs-area.

So are there any reasons, why I should load a stereo-patch for a mono instrument like a flute or similar instead of the mono-patch?

Specially working with positioning tracks in altiverb (or similar gear), I don´t get, why I should place a stereo-flute in the room, cause all reflections- and reverbsounds, making it sound stereo, are produced by the reverb-gear.

I guess, there are reasons, cause otherwise VSL wouldn´t have delivered two patches.

[Dietz]

The reason is simple: We've got two ears! [;)]

But seriously: As soon as you would aim for a very intimate solo-piece, a mono-recording of _any_ instrument will sound "poorer" than a true stereo-recording. Even on a huge (virtual) orchestral stage, I would narrow the stereo-width of a solo-instrument only to maybe 20%, not to 0% - it simply mixes better with the neighbouring instruments like that.

And apart from that: It is always easier to make a mono-signal from stereo than vice versa! [:)]

HTH,

[Felix Bartelt]

I still don´t understand, how my ears can set a dry distant mono signal apart from a stereo signal, but fortunately I don´t have to. So I just believe you and stick to the stereo-patches.

Thank you!

[Dietz]

You wrote yourself: The keyword is _distant_. As soon as you aim for a close chamber-muscial setting, for example, most instruments clearly show some kind of directivity in certain frequency ranges, thus the stereo-imaging form a seemingly monophonic source.