What's the Difference Between Mono and Stereo?
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- Mono? Stereo? What's the difference?
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(Literally has a mic in front of his face)
"Let's say this coffee cup is a microphone"
It's not like the mic is currently recording and shouldn't be touched as it would make the audio pro look like an amateur...
thought the same 😂
I searched this because my Pokémon game gave me the option to choose and now im a sound engineer
Mono is the best i maybe 34 years old, which may come to a shock as younger ones loves stereo or used to it more, but you feel more on Mono and AM Radio.
There's no bad reason to become a sound engineer
“Not so fast Turbo” 😂😂😂
You are great man. And I'm extremely envious of your "announcer" voice. :)
100% could imagine him doing sports commentary he’d be perfect for that.
your explanation saved my day ,keep it up mate
Hi Joe, 6 years ago I learned from you the difference between balanced & unbalanced cables, it was great lesson and in fact you helped me making the right decision during my first studio build; thanks for that. But, believe it or not, even nowadays I get confused between a balanced cable and stereo headphone cable (because their ends “the TRS jacks” look exactly the same) I’ve read many articles saying that a headphone cable is not balanced although it looks balanced! In short, the subject “mono/stereo” sometimes gets confused with “balanced/unbalanced”. A detailed video for beginners (with examples showing real cables or sound waves on Studio One) would really help us. And I guess you will be the first one doing it on TH-cam 👏🏼😍 It will be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
PLEASE!
YESSSSS!!!
Yes please.
Yeah this is a good point! As far as I understand it, the cable could be interchangeable - physically the same for stereo vs balanced signals (it just needs to have the extra conductor and TRS/XLR plug). What makes all the difference is what kind of signal the source device is outputting and what kind of signal the receiving device is expecting/interpreting (and obviously you want both devices on the same page here otherwise you wouldn't get the desired result!).
Same here! If I record vocal via stereo cable, would it works like double time voice recording? If not then what is the purpose of stereo instrument/vocal cables?
Glad to see you are doing well Joe, was worried about ya after the tornadoes in your area. Good informative video as always
I'm super new to the music production world, and this video just blew my mind. I never realized that by duplicating a track and panning them it wasn't actually making them stereo. Thank you for the helpful video! I will make sure to do it correctly going forward!
Dude you are an amazing teacher.. I'm new to music production and I just love your explanations. You know what it's like to not know anything about production and that makes all the difference.
I love Joe's videos. He is freakin' amazing. I am new too :-)
I see that play button in the background! Congrats Joe! You definitely deserve it!
Hi Joe! Thanks for putting this together! My TH-cam channel contains many DES [Digitally Extracted Stereo] audio conversions from mono recordings. I recently had a subscriber ask me what was the difference between mono & stereo. I was at a loss as how to summarize it. Now I can simply direct them to this great video you've prepared and avoid having to type a 1000-word essay on what stereo is. Thanks Joe! Well done!
What a wonderful video! I was confused about this, and you made it clear and easy to understand. Always thought stereo meant “Better”, but now I see that’s not the context. Thanks for making this!
I literally was just asking myself this question! Thank you!!!
Thank you , Thank You and Thank you Joe so much , the two microphones thing that you said clears a lot of my doubt that i had, thank you once again for being there
I’ve just come across your channel and it’s great. You have a great way of explaining and a great presentation voice. Thanks 🙏
Great information Joe! 🎉
this is so insanely helpful!!! thank you so much joe, I appreciate your content so much.
Joe you are wonderfully concise and clear with your instruction. Love the channel! Having said that, I have no idea what was on those post it notes hahaha
I always did the "duplicate one track and pan it L/R"- thing when recording my guitar to make it stereo. Thank you Joe for opening my eyes :) greetings from Germany !
I did the same thing...until now :-) . I loved this video.
Finally someone who not only says; "you need to use a compressor", but also explains 'hands on control how to do it in clear terms. Long time ago i found such a great speaker without the 2020 visual distractions. Uplifting!!!
Man, i learn so much from you. Thank you for your effort and time making those videos. SUBSCRIBED !
Great explanation of the differences between mono and stereo Joe. I'm mixing for a client who uses Protools to record and that is one thing that he continues to struggle with. He loves the panning effects and little tricks that I do to his tracks, but he doesn't really grasp why it sounds so good to him. He just calls it "creamy". It's cool though. Maybe I'll just send him this video and he will finally get it. LOL! Thanks again for taking the time to make this. 😉
You're a great man indeed!!
Very very beautiful explanation. Thank you
Wow - this was amazing! I am a beginner music producer, attempting to stay afloat all of the overwhelming amounts of things to know and start with the basics, and you explained this so well! I watched a few other vids on this subject but they kept veering away from the basics, so thank you for really being so thorough! Also your humor was amazing (laughed when you called us "turbo" lmao) and your kindess at the end, of how there's no shame in starting at level 1, thank you! :) I subbed, and will be scouring your channel!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A straight to the point explanation. Now I understand. Great explanation on the two. Amazing teaching.
You excellently and clearly explained
Now that you ask, this video touched the subject of phase. I think I may have seen one of your videos talking about it but, if not, there's a subject. Also, what is sound, signal flow, adda conversion... and, if it's not out of the scope of your channel, basic music theory oriented to recording/mixing engineers. Tools for understanding chords, writing and recording main and backing vocals, basic rythim and how to edit percussion... theese are the ones that come to my mind now.
your explanation is fantastic, the best and clearest i have found! Thank you :)
Thank you so much! This really helped a lot!
thank you so much for this, joe
Awesome video thanks. I'm just getting started and your explanation was super clear. Weird that I clicked on yours when I had the whole "duplicating a track" question and voila, you answered it. Thanks Joe!
Thank you so much for this!
Great video, thank's, subscribed!
Always very helpful. Thanks and God bless.
Though I know now but still an awesome video, I remember coming into the audio world not knowing what reverb, saturation, compressor and etc even meant or what they did.
Seems so elementary, but yet there is a lot of trickles of knowledge in this that invaluable and perfectly explained. Thank you.
Thank you, Joe.
Love your useful tips bro 🤘
well done and well explained... simple and to the point
You just made it simple to understand joe..loved it...i have a request,kindly show us in practical...that will make us understand better
Thanks Joe - very clear explaination great for beginners like me
Thanks for this. I thought I actually knew. Somehow in was drawn to the video and to my surprise there was something to learn
Thanks for this video Joe, it really helped a rookie like me understand recording in mono and stereo. You said that you hope a video like this will make us want to go make music....I have the music, this video is making want to make said music sound the way I want it to. I tried the duplicate track thing and it's close. Now Im going to implement the GIRATS method and record properly. Thanks for your insight and delivering it in a way wven a rookie like me can understand.Thanks brother!
we just recorded our lead vocals for our blues track Sleepless with a pair of Lewitt LCT 040 Match condensor mics in XY and got some amazing stereo vocals crazy good mics with Studio One 3 Professional LR stereo track and a Left mono and a right mono tracks worked fabulously
thanks for this fundamental lesson.
Thank you, this helped me so much.
Thank you!
Great vid man 👍🏼 I'll be back for more!
Love the voice bro, nice audio sound as well 👍
Good video thanks 🙏
Thanks for the clear explanation
A few years ago I went into a high-end hi-fi shop in London to get a pair of headphones. They had a rack that was plugged into a player that allowed you to swap between different styles of music - rock, jazz, classical etc.
I put a pair of headphones on and it was playing classical music. I thought it was a bit odd that this obviously recent recording was in mono. I swapped to another channel and got some jazz... again in mono! I got the attention of a member of staff and asked him about it.
He took the headphones and put one side up to an ear, then the other side up to the other ear. "No, they're both working." he said. Although he'd just been talking in fancy tones about the virtues of a £3,500 amplifier to another customer, he didn't know the difference between two speakers and stereo.
I made a note of the headphones I liked the best, and bought them from a store down the road. (Which was actually selling them for a good deal less).
Great content! Quick note on your statement in here about not recording guitars offset in time. This actually was and is done when it pertains to double tracking. Depending on the lag time of the track you get anything from flange to chorus and eventually a slapback. As you mention lag between the tracks does create a phasing issue, which is also relatively easy to solve. Check out Strymon Deco for a pedal that exploits this sort of tape era effect. Cheers, keep up the good work.
bro thanks for this. super informative and light bulbs went off the whole time!
Thanks 😊🤗
OMG BLESS YOU for explaining this. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to understand this concept and the explanations are always so confusing! every time I hit "new track" and the option comes up I feel like an idiot... no more! Thank you thank you subscribing now!
Thank You sir
Thanks for your help bro!
Thank you for that! for the longest time I was clueless.
Thanks to you sir
THANK YOU!!
Hi joe, love your videos. I would like to learn more about virtual instruments please.
Thank you brother. I always wondered how do I know when to use mono or stereo on Guitar, bass, keys/piano, or drums. I at least know vocals are usually always mono.
I'm big on presonus!!! Hands down the best audio equipment. Everything in my studio came from presonus if don't have the eris monitors your missing out fa real. I just love y'all products. keep schooling em joe
subbed bud 💙 great video
Tq bro.. U ar my idol now
Joe as a newbie, this question has been driving me nuts for months. I didn't even know how to frame my questions. Thanks so much for this tutorial. Do you have another one, that shows how to use/mix a stereo track like you talked about with say the x/y mic set up on an acoustic guitar. Many thanks
Thank u..
tq bro👍
Thank you Joe for your explanation. I'd like to know the difference from a stereo mix and a mono compatible mix.
The way I learned this stuff was from spending MY money on something THEN finding out what mistakes I was Making ! SubWoofers takes your Mono or Stereo signal and splits it up into a high-Medium Hz zone and keeps most of the Bass to itself using "The Crossover". Another thing is Patch bays.............there are standards to be used. They if are BALANCED they will take and use your UNBALANCED cable and give you a good signal. If your Patch bay is Unbalanced it will not.TH-cam makes it easy to learn now thanks too people who give such as YOU Joe.
Thank you thank you so much I can’t thank you enough you fixed my problem go-ahead
thankyou sir
Never to Old to Learn - I understand the principal you’ve explained in your video here … no problem? But ,,, ! I’m still sort of between two sources in my monohead regarding what I used to think was a stereo amplifier ie. Two completely separate circuits - regardless they’re identical one for left channel or speaker and the other for that on the right each has + and - pole. Whereas, it’s easier to visualize the two signal wires and a common or ground wire shared . Of course this depends on the input signal where… It’s over to you Thanks for the clarity of your vid
A lot of VST default to ouput two channels which you assume are stereo, but many are only outputting two tracks of a mono signal. The only way to tell if a source is actually sending out stereo is to switch the polarity of one channel and then sum the left and right. If there is still a signal, it is stereo (i.e. the difference between the two signals) if there is no signal, it means signal in both channels was the same mono signal. Even two mikes placed incorrectly can result in what is for all intents and purposes two channels of the same signal.
finally. clearest expanation for me. thank you sir
Brother, I can't tell you how thankful I am for this video, it was very helpful for me. I really want to become a solid Producer but it is so hard for. me not to get frustrated at myself. There are just so many producer terms and stuff that I just don't know and nobody, I mean nobody is explaining this terms like you just did. All that to say thank you so much!
Also I want to mention that I'm very much a beginner on this, I'm using Logic Pro x, I don't know how to properly use compression or EQ or any of this things, I guess I know what kind of sound I'm looking for but I don't know how to achieve it yet. Do you have any suggestions for me moving forward?
Thank you again Brother!
Obvious but USEFUL! Thanks, Joe
Thanks for this and all your great videos. I just two-mic’d my acoustic guitar into TWO MONO TRACKS! My thinking was that this would give me flexibility in mixing: maybe an insert effect on the neck mic and less of it on the sound-hole mic - or something. Could I have had these options if I had used one stereo track?
In 9:05 (transform from mono channel to stereo channel): when doing parallel compression the old way by creating a bus , for example for a mono recording like Vocals, do I have to transform that bus to mono in Studio One?
How could you forget to mention that Joe...my heart is still pumping:)
Good edit with the paper LOL,I have learned a lot from you
Awesome video!!! Can you make a video of recording and mixing jazz drums with two mics? Thanks a lot!!
thanks
The stereo/ mono switch is also useful for samples that are stereo that work better as mono. Bass and kick particularly. Keeping things under 100hz mono sounds so much fatter, clearer, impactful, and cleaner
Hello, great video, can you talk about the "automation track" and how and why to use it? When i add a new track I have these "audio", "instrument" and "automation" track
thx
Hey Joe, I have tried everything that you recommended in Studio One and once I got out of my own way it's night and day!
I love tracking everything through my mixer and pushing physical faders. It's the best of both worlds to me. But once it's in Studio One it plays back to the console in a stereo mix only. Is there a way to send it back to the board individually? So that Studio one is literally acting like tape...
Thanks Joe
Mike
Joe, could you do an indepth video on MIDI in Studio One? Including configuration options and editing?
Lol weird observation, but I use those same Blackwing pencils; all three colors are good, but the blacks kick ass! 🤘
Mono vs. Stereo: "It's Snot." -Joe Gilder (circa 2020) Haha great video, man!
thank you for sharing the great information. May I know what is the best configuration for recording VOICE only 😂? Using Stereo or Mono setting? Using 44.1 or 48KHz? I am using OBS to record my voice for my investment course. Thank you so much 😁
I'm a beginner and I was wondering if these concepts hold true for midi tracks. Thanks in advance for any pointers!
Thanks for the video! What's the best way to record a flute? X-Y mic placement?
Can you do videos on how to EQ strings, winds, synths and brass?
Hey Joe thanks so much for all the information, always ☺️ how can I create the ‘stereo stem’ using Final cut after I have my 5.1 stems (L,R,Lfe,Las,Rs)
On paper, I get stereo is 2. However, synths and guitar pedals. I have a synth with L and R outs. I plug those into an interface with 2 channels. However, when playing, Im pretty sure its mono. The reason I say that is I have another synth touted as stereo and it sounds much wider when playing. Same kind of thing with guitar pedals that have L and R outs. I get the ability to do stuff like ping pong delay, but the sound width does not seem very stereo sounding. Seems like there is more involved with how wide the stereo can sound, like the processing or dsp in a piece of hardware? Thanks
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i've been recording on mono with two different mixer channels at the same time and pan one left and one right the output sounds all the same or should i just record one channel from now on cause i will only record on a mono mic?
Thank you Sir! 1st vid I'm watching of you; just Subscribe! Lot of info! I'm at the "Zero" on the mono and stereo knowledge, lol. I use a Boya Dual Omini directional lavaliere mic...it being two mics, (correct me if I'm wrong) does it mean I have to record in stereo?