New Release: Mr. Mono (PREPARE TO BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!)

[aetmos]

http://gersic.com/static.php?page=static060831-195029

So simple it's stupid, this VST just takes a stereo signal, mixes it together, and spits the mono-ized mix back out. It seems like there has to be something like this already out there, but I couldn't find it, and making my own was quicker than looking.



I told you that you'd be disappointed.

[Stupid American Pig]

how about a wet/dry knob? heh heh

[satchnut]

want a brownie?

[aetmos]

want a brownie?

no thanks, I already ate

[matt42]

DFX monomaker http://www.kvraudio.com/get/665.html

what you were probably looking for when you made this?

@stupid american pig: This one can blend the mono and stereo signals

[Reverse Engineer]

Man...only if flstudio spat out a mono file when you put a mono in Out of curiosity, can that 'harm' the sound any? always having to mix a mono track back down to mono from a stereo one?

[aetmos]

what you were probably looking for when you made this?

Yeah, that would have done the trick. Oh well, there's 20 minutes I'll never get back

can that 'harm' the sound any? always having to mix a mono track back down to mono from a stereo one?

Just taking a stereo file with identical L and R tracks, and making a mono file? It shouldn't.

[Reverse Engineer]

Just taking a stereo file with identical L and R tracks, and making a mono file? It shouldn't.

Yeah, that's all that's happening. Basically if you import a mono file into fls, it splits it into a 'stereo' track when you export it again. I don't see the point in that, cos all you end up with are files twice as big as they should be. but if it doesn't harm it opening it in soundforge or whatever and re-merge the channels, then it's not such a problem, just silliness.

Btw, as simple as your plug is, it's a very handy thing to have around (i'm sure you already know that though. ) It's a nice tool to give breathing space by turning it on and off on a stereo track when stereo isn't particularly needed at that point.

[Jason Brian Merrill]

hopefully Gol will come to his senses and change this in FL.

[aetmos]

but if it doesn't harm it opening it in soundforge or whatever and re-merge the channels, then it's not such a problem, just silliness.

Actually, now that I think about it, depending on the mix algorithm being used, it might be possible for there to be some rounding error if L and R are mixed together in SoundForge. It depends....I mean, you're basically doing (0.5*L)+(0.5*R) or 0.5 * (L+R). In a perfect world, the mixed signal should be unaffected, but since there's a finite number of floating point places, I guess rounding error is possible (maybe). So, if you're taking your stereo mix from FL that has identical L and R channels, it's probably best to create a mono file from *either* L or R.

Btw, as simple as your plug is, it's a very handy thing to have around (i'm sure you already know that though. )

Yeah, actually, I was working on a sound design, and I had a great recording of a car's tires screeching from left to right, but I needed right to left. Normally, I would have just converted the file to mono, but I got tired of doing that, and decided a VST could do it for me.

Thanks,
Tom

[JackDark]

Okay, so where's Mr. Stereo then?

[aetmos]

Ontario, I guess

http://www.mrstereo.com/

[Sickle]

Does it go to 11?

[aetmos]

Does it go to 11?

11.5, in fact

[JackDark]

11.5, in fact

That's too much! You'll f**king kill someone!