Silly question: Stereo in one FRFR monitor!

So, no additional benefit. Right?
A single speaker can only output in mono and running both outputs of the FM3 to that single speaker cabinet will do nothing special. You should review "MONO VS . STEREO" on p. 3 and "SETTING UP" on p. 27 in the manual.

Two speakers in one cabinet could output in stereo if wired to do so, but the spread would be limited.
 
So, no additional benefit. Right?
It depends on the details of the setup.

If you're summing the Fractal to mono before the output (there are a lot of ways to do that), then that vs. sending the stereo signal to the 2 inputs of the wedge (with them set at the same level) should sound the same.

If you're not summing the Fractal to mono before the output, and you're using stereo cabs/effects, then you're dropping one side of the stereo signal, which probably sounds different from a mono sum.

So....it could be a benefit. It could be a detriment if you're doing something that isn't mono compatible. It could make no real difference. We'd need to know a lot of details to answer which one it would be.

But, it won't be stereo.
 
Hi,
One potential benefit (if they are identical inputs) is that you could use your stereo presets with zero modifications. You may notice the TC delays missing in part etc, but no advantage I can think of besides that.
Thanks
Pauly


Hi Folks,

My XiTone active wedge has 2 inputs. Can I connect FM3 in stereo (OUT 1 R&L) to it?
 
If a speaker had 2 inputs with separate volumes ,wouldn’t it be in stereo , but without the spread you would get from 2 speakers
 
If a speaker had 2 inputs with separate volumes ,wouldn’t it be in stereo , but without the spread you would get from 2 speakers
No.

It would be a mono sum. Which can (but isn't guaranteed to) cancel out potentially significant portions of the sound, depending on what made it stereo and how wide it was to begin with.

Dan Worrall (https://www.youtube.com/c/DanWorrall) has a handful of videos on different aspects of Stereo from a mixing perspective that explain it in more detail than I can do in text. He's also the guy who does a lot of the demos for FabFilter and knows what he's talking about despite not making that many videos.
 
If a speaker had 2 inputs with separate volumes ,wouldn’t it be in stereo , but without the spread you would get from 2 speakers
Stereo “without the spread” is mono by definition.
 
Stereo “without the spread” is mono by definition.
Actually, that's not totally true.

Summing to mono is a mathematically precise process (whether analog or digital). Acoustically combining 2 speakers (when you're not in the proper listening position) is a much more vague concept. How close it sounds to a digitally or electronically mono-sum'd signal (whether heard off-axis from the speaker or not) depends on the physical positioning of everything.

When you start talking about acoustics, nothing is all that simple.
 
Actually, that's not totally true.

Summing to mono is a mathematically precise process (whether analog or digital). Acoustically combining 2 speakers (when you're not in the proper listening position) is a much more vague concept. How close it sounds to a digitally or electronically mono-sum'd signal (whether heard off-axis from the speaker or not) depends on the physical positioning of everything.

When you start talking about acoustics, nothing is all that simple.
Nah, it's exactly the same. Stereo is different sound coming from different sources. That mathematically precise summing happens in the electronics, before you even hit the transducer and enter the world of acoustics.
 
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