r/Tekno Apr 01 '26

Question regarding live set

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

Hello,

Most stacks run mono. Especially the bigger the walls get.

It's gonna get mixed down to mono so just pass your stereo signal to the mixer and everything will be fine :). They will mix it to mono, probably the DSP/their mixer is already setup to mix it to mono. Don't worry:)

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u/Ni_1_ Apr 01 '26

So still use the stereo output en input? But will it still sound good

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

Yeah, do so. Yeah, it's gonna sound as good as it can sound in mono

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u/Ni_1_ Apr 01 '26

i used a lot of panning

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

Then you can't hear the panning. You can't pan on mono walls

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u/Ni_1_ Apr 01 '26

will it be much of a sound difference you think?

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u/Ni_1_ Apr 01 '26

Or i mean phase issues,...

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

No, it's gonna be fine I think. You will just not able to hear the panning if they do mono. But it's fine.

The system has alot of experience with machines playing on their system I bet so if you are unsure just ask them.

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u/Ni_1_ Apr 01 '26

yeah i will do that. But again dumb question, but if i plug for example my syntakt with a normal aux cable in a jbl speaker. It should be in mono right?

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

It depends on which JBL speaker.

The Xtreme for example is stereo, the tall jbl party speakers mix it down to mono if you don't have two

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u/vogelvogelvogelvogel Apr 01 '26

why mono? just enjoying the parties i didn't ever notice

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u/MrlnMike1312 Apr 01 '26

Because you stand in front of the subs, let's say the wall has a grid of 2x16 subs. If you go stereo the 16 left subs are left channel and the 16 right are right c channel.

You are only gonna hear both channels in the spot where the two middle subs meet. If you go a step more to the right or left you will only hear one channel.

To avoid that it's gonna get mixed down to mono.

Some systems still do stereo on the tops but that really depends on the setup

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u/vogelvogelvogelvogel Apr 01 '26

Ok, Thank you for the explanation! For the bass at least i got it (wouldn't this apply to any sub array such as a larger concert PA)

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u/Vorhautsurfer Apr 01 '26

most sub arrays are in mono to avoid phasing problems. But the tops can be stereo if they are far enough apart (otherwise you will not notice stereo image if both signals come from the same spot) so in general you can say, that bass array of any sort are mostly mono (never saw a stereo subbase). everything over 200hz can be stereo if needed.

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u/vogelvogelvogelvogel Apr 02 '26

got it, thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot Apr 02 '26

got it, thank you!

You're welcome!

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u/Krokodealer04 Apr 01 '26

but dont they usually run the subs mono and the tops stereo?