quick question and i'm a little confused about how to set this up. if it's a stereo pedal with two outs (reverb) do i run a Y style cable from the pedal into a single input on the audio interface or do i need to keep them separate and run them into line 1 and 2 of the interface to keep the audio stereo? i want to double check before i buy the pedal so i know which cables to buy. thanks!
If I was doing this, yes I would use 2 cables, one into input 1, another into input 2. Record them on separate tracks, then Pan them in Reaper L/R. Or you could record on one track in stereo. If you use the Y cable, likely it will sound muddy, with no sense of stereo, likely worse than if you just used one mono cable....
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There is a general rule that you should NEVER connect two (or more) outputs together. The source impedance is supposed to be lower than the load impedance and if you connect two outputs each output becomes an improper low impedance load on the other. It's OK to connect two inputs together... It would be OK to plug a guitar into two amps with a Y-Splitter. But it would be a bad idea to use a Y-Adapter to connect two guitars to the same amp input. (It's OK if your amp has two inputs.) If you want to mix two audio signals, that's what a mixer is for. (Although I've never seen a guitar mixer, so you'd need two direct boxes.) But, it seems kind-of silly to use a stereo effect and then down-mix it to mono... It's probably OK to use one of the outputs. Does the user manual say anything about using it as a mono pedal? Stereo guitar setups are rather rare (at least for live use) do I'd be surprised if the pedal can't be used in a normal-mono setup.
Most of these FX/Pedals/Outboard things have the option of either connect 2 channels to stereo (#1 should be connected to left, #2 to the right). Or you can use only one output, the other one not connected/unplugged. That will switch the connected one to a mono out. Normally these are named/labeled like "L/MONO" or "R/MONO". So if you use a tap or stereo delay you will not lose any parts of your signal cause it is routed to the mono jack. Keep this in mind when comparing devices... A little side note: odd numbers are normally used for left, even numbers for right
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RE: stereo outs on guitar pedal to audio interface
