Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Andy B:
I haven´t a clue whether it would be better to  record piano, vocals or bass in mono. I have always chosen stereo. Could someone explain when it would be benefical to chose mono?

If you only have one mic it´s mono and it´s simply a waste of memory to record in stereo since there is no difference. If you have a signal where you record with 2 mics, like a piano, some kinds of acoustic guitar, overheads etc you can choose to either record in stereo or two mono files. 
It all depends on how you want to treat the audiofile afterwards. Do you want the same processing on both channels and do you want them to be panned hard, stereo is the way to go. Do you want them to be processed as to different sounds choose 2 mono channels. 
There are no rules and in the end it´s not so important because it´s fairly simple to make stereo to 2Xmono and the other way around. It just takes a little time.


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